Kuwait has announced plans to put out to tender a USD 15 billion refinery project that was scrapped seven months ago due to a dispute between MPs and the government. The Kuwaiti government scrapped the 615,000bpd project in March, months after awarding contracts to four South Korea-based companies a Japanese firm and Fluor. MPs have opposed the project citing flawed procedures in awarding the contracts because it did not go through the state-run Central Tenders Committee to ensure transparency.
