The state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp. has called on more international companies to bid for stakes in its upstream oil development project, which will open the lucrative oil sector for foreign companies for the first time in three decades. KPC has already prequalified a number of major oil companies to bid for the project, but it is now inviting those which have not been qualified previously to reapply as non-operator partners. “Additional and final applications for qualification as non-operators will be accepted for a limited period from companies” for participation in the North Kuwait Project, a KPC statement said. Applications are open until 17 Febuary, it added.
