How can Kuwait improve the marketability of its petroleum products given increased competition from other countries in the region?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Farouq Al Zanki, Former CEO, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) from The Report: Kuwait 2013
Articles & Analysis | Taking to the water: Looking offshore in an effort to raise oil and gas production from The Report: Kuwait 2013
Increasing both oil and gas production are central elements of Kuwait’s national development strategy. The former provides the bulk of the revenue on which the nation’s economic expansion has been based while the latter provides much of the nation’s electricity. Both represent potential feedstocks for the downstream industrial processes by which...
Articles & Analysis | Sunshine on my shoulder: Solar projects free up hydrocarbons reserves for export from The Report: Kuwait 2013
The climatological argument for the introduction of solar technology to Kuwait has long been established: the Middle East enjoys some of the most favourable solar radiation rates in the world, particularly between March and October, and within the region Kuwait’s solar radiation peak of 8000 Wh per sq metre (Wh/m2) places it at the top of the list...
Articles & Analysis | Independent effort: Public utilities may become a private sector responsibility from The Report: Kuwait 2013
The twin concepts of independent power producers (IPPs) and independent water and power projects (IWPPs) are well established in the GCC. According to the Electricity and Co-generation Regulatory Authority of Saudi Arabia, some 24,000 MW of the region’s total capacity was derived from IPP/IWPP projects in 2010 – a figure which the authority...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Sara Akbar, CEO, Kuwait Energy from The Report: Kuwait 2013
In what areas will Kuwait need the help of international oil companies (IOCs) to reach the target of 4m barrels per day (bpd) by 2020?
Articles & Analysis | Expat community: Foreign players may figure prominently in upcoming plans from The Report: Kuwait 2013
Kuwait’s oil and gas sector has been a difficult market to enter for foreign investors since the industry was nationalised, but two factors suggest that it may become easier in the future. The first is the scale of government investment that has been earmarked for it over the coming years. Nearly two-thirds of the investment spending outlined in the...