Kuwait Petroleum Corporation draws interest from global firms for $7 billion pipeline sale

Kuwait Petroleum is discussing a $7 billion pipeline stake sale with global firms like BlackRock. The deal follows similar moves by regional peers in the Gulf.

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Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has held early-stage talks with a group of potential investors regarding a roughly $7 billion stake sale or long-term lease of its crude oil pipeline network in Kuwait KWKW. This infrastructure-financing move is being overseen by a KPC steering committee led by Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah. The transaction, which could formally launch as soon as the end of the month, is designed to provide upfront funding for the corporation's wider investment plans and capital spending strategy through 2040.
A trader works as a screen displays trading information for BlackRock on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
A trader works as a screen displays trading information for BlackRock on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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