Kuwait signs deal with Greece’s DESFA for liquefied gas import terminal

The CMA CGM Jacques Saade, the world’s largest container ship to be fully-powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), is seen docked at the CMA CGM-PSA Lion Terminal in Singapore on October 11, 2020. (File/AFP)

• The LNG terminal, in the Al-Zour area, will go into operation next year

DUBAI: Kuwait has signed a six-year, $106 million contract with Greek gas grid operator DESFA for the group to operate a liquefied natural gas import terminal in the Gulf emirate, the state-run news agency KUNA reported on Thursday.
The LNG terminal, in the Al-Zour area, will go into operation next year, the agency said, citing an official from state-owned Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company, which signed the deal.