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Kuwait - Part 5 - The Decision Makers.
June 29, 2009... Decision making for the petroleum sector in Kuwait involves a few members of the ruling al-Sabah family and some non-Sabah associates. In the government they are represented by Shaikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah in his capacity as oil minister and chairman of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum...

Kuwait - Shaikh Nasser Al-Muhammad Al-Sabah.
June 29, 2009... The PM since January 2006, Shaikh Nasser heads the SPC. But like the Emir who is his uncle, Shaikh Nasser rarely gets involved in the petroleum sector, leaving these matters to the oil minister and the latter's executives. But in the new parliament, five members have recently submitted a...

Kuwait - Shaikh Ahmad Al-'Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
June 29, 2009... Retained as Oil Minister and KPC Chairman in the May 29, 2009, cabinet line-up, Shaikh Ahmad was first appointed to this post in February this year, having succeded in this post Muhammad al-Ulaim. On May 29, Shaikh Ahmad was also given the information portfolio. His efforts now are...

Kuwait - Sa'd al-Shuwaib.
June 29, 2009... On May 1, 2007, Sa'd al-Shuwaib was appointed acting CEO and vice-chairman of KPC. Later Shuwaib was confirmed as a permanent CEO of KPC, having succeeded Hani Abdul-Aziz Hussein, who quit in late April 2007 - several months before his three-year contract was due to end. Hussein has since...

Kuwait - Shaikh Nawaf Al-Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah.
June 29, 2009... KPC's Deputy CEO and general counsel, Shaikh Nawaf in March 2009 told reporters on the sidelines of the Wharton Global Forum in Dubai that the group was spending $80 bn on its upstream and downstream projects over the next five years. On crude oil prices, with paper WTI then at $46/b, Shaikh...