Article: Kuwait: Kuwait Oil Company to boost output despite oil price falls.

Byline: pinto03

KOC invites 18 firms to bid for contract to build $500m gathering centre. Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) is proceeding with a raft of projects to boost capacity as part of its aim to hit production of 4 million barrels a day (b/d) of oil by 2020. The move is in stark contrast to other state oil firms in the region, such as Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, which are reviewing planned projects because of uncertainty over the oil price and plummeting commodity costs.

KOC has invited 18 contractors to bid for the construction of gathering centre 16 in west Kuwait, with capacity of 100,000 b/d, along with separate work involving ...

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