Kuwait to Restart Work on Housing Project for Oil Workers

State-owned Kuwait Oil Company will soon resume work on its workers' accommodation coming up in the Southern Alahmadi governorate, which, upon completion, will have 1,800 residential units, said a report, citing an Arabic language daily Alanba. The project was partially suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it stated.

The first phase of the project - which involved the construction of more than 1,300 homes - has been fully completed, while work on the second phase - involving 408 homes as well as road infrastructure work and those linked to sewage, water and power networks - will kick off soon, said a spokesman for Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), the mother company of Kuwait Oil Company.

"KPC decided to freeze Phase 2 for five years due to the pandemic and amid a government decision to slash spending in oil sector, he stated. Now with an improvement in the Covid situation, we have decided to revive the project, he added.