Nizar al-‘Adasani, the new head of Kuwaiti state oil firm KPC faces a daunting leadership challenge, given the number of Kuwaiti energy projects in the works – many of which already face delays (see p10).

He will need to raise morale in the country’s state oil bureaucracy after the recent replacement of senior and middle managers at all KPC firms and the resignation of highly-regarded former oil minister Hani Husain (MEES, 31 May). (CONTINUED - 357 WORDS)