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Jun 04 2011

Chinese delegation to visit Kuwait for $9 billion refinery project --

Al-Sager By Miyoko Ishigami (with photos) Guangzhou, CHINA, June 4 (KUNA) -- A high-level delegation from the southern Chinese city of Zhanjiang will visit Kuwait next week to discuss final details of a planned USD nine billion refinery and petrochemical project, Kuwaiti Consul General in Guangzhou Abdulwahab Al-Sager said Saturday. The delegation, led by Zhanjiang Municipal Party Committee Secretary Liu Xiaohua, will include local government officials and businessmen, Al-Sager said in a statement to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), stressing that their visit, at the invitation of Kuwait Petroleum International ( KPI ), will be of considerable importance.

KPI , Kuwait Petroleum Corporation 's ( KPC ) international refining and market unit, has been representing Kuwait in marathon negotiations with the Chinese side over the joint mega project to be located in Zhanjiang.

"Their talks are expected to focus on some details of the joint venture's final draft and to set a timetable for key actions and technical issues before the project will be launched at the end of this year or early 2012 when KPC Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO Farouk Al-Zanki comes to China," Al-Sager said.

The Chinese delegation will also engage in discussions on the establishment of a sister city relationship between Zhanjiang and Ahmadi.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planner, granted final approval in March for Kuwait to construct a long-awaited refinery and petrochemical complex on Donghai Island of Zhanjiang in Guangdong Province.

The Sino-Kuwaiti venture between KPC and Sinopec entails a 15 million-ton-a-year (300,000 barrels per day) refinery, a 1 million-ton-a-year ethylene plant and related utilities, as well as a retail network. "In my recent talks with Zhanjiang Mayor Ruan Risheng, the mayor showed appreciation to officials in the Kuwait oil sector for their attentions towards project success and their unremitting efforts and multiple visits to the project site to find out the latest developments on it," said Al-Sager, who visited the coastal city late May to meet Ruan and local officials in charge of the joint venture.

Ruan also expressed pleasure with the cooperation, understanding and excellence in the friendly bilateral relations that combine the two countries, which he described as "a good example to be followed," and offered willingness to forge a sister-city agreement with Ahmadi city, according to Al-Sager.

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