KUNA reported that Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research signed an agreement with Japan Cooperation Center Petroleum on cooperation in research regarding improving the characteristics of heavy oil.

Mr Naji Al Mutairi GD of KICR said that cooperation between the Kuwaiti institute and the Japanese center began in 1993. Since then, the 2 bodies cooperated in more than 20 projects and 10 joint seminars. He said that it is thought that Kuwait has about 11 billion barrels of heavy oil which needs special ways of treatment and refining.

He pointed out that in 2030, Kuwait will produce 600,000 barrels of heavy oil daily and that will require great efforts, hard work and high technical and research expertise.

(Sourced from Kuwait News Agency)