AFP/File Photo: A Texaco petrol station. Saudi Arabian Texaco, the Chevron subsidiary which operates the partitioned neutral zone.
The plot thickens.
AFP: 'Saudi Texaco objects to new Kuwait refinery' (LINK).
An Excerpt:
Saudi Arabian Texaco, the Chevron subsidiary which operates the partitioned neutral zone with Kuwait, has objected to the site of a huge new Kuwaiti oil refinery.
The head of Texaco Ahmad al-Omar wrote to Kuwait municipality, which made the site allocation to the national refinery company, saying the site violated a concession agreement signed some 50 years ago, Al-Qabas newspaper reported Sunday.
Comments (3)
I object too. It's too damn close to the chalets in Bneider!
Posted by zaydoun | October 2, 2006 1:50 PM
Posted on October 2, 2006 13:50
I know what you mean, Zaydoun.
We've got cribs in Benaidar as well and I have noticed the last decade or so the pollution there has gotten worse.
But I think "Getty Oil" (might have been renamed or merged with another powerhouse) has been around there for ages as well.
Posted by amer | October 2, 2006 9:16 PM
Posted on October 2, 2006 21:16
yeah they are kinda afraid as saudis are not so happy to approve the next term after 2010....
Posted by CyberRowdy | October 7, 2006 7:40 PM
Posted on October 7, 2006 19:40