Although the terms of the contracts with possible suppliers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), such as Qatar, have not been fixed yet, Kuwait's LNG reception facilities will be ready at the beginning of the summer, the Vice-President of Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Mr. Mohamed Hussain, announced in January. At the end of last month Mr. Ahmed al-Jemaz, the Deputy General Manager of the Shuaiba refinery of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), was more specific in indicating that Kuwait would receive its first cargo of LNG from Qatar in May. The Qatari side has not made any comment.
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