DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL KUWAIT JET FUEL

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000857 SIPDIS FOR NEA/ARP ABRAM PALEY E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/29/2018 TAGS: ECON EPET IZ KU MCAP SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL KUWAIT JET FUEL SUPPORT LIKELY IN SEPTEMBER REF: STATE 081077 Classified By: Ambassador Deborah K. Jones for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) Oil Minister assured Ambassador Jones on July 30 that additional Jet A-1 fuel would likely be available in September but could not be released currently due to increased demands on Kuwaiti energy grids during the traditionally high consumption month of August. ¶2. (C) Econoff earlier delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA) and Econoff followed up with Mr. Jamal Al-Nouri, Deputy Director of International Marketing at Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) and Mr. Emad Al-Kandari, Director of Coordination Sales Middle East Distillates at KPC to request KPC facilitate Defense Energy Support Center-Middle East's(DESC) request for a temporary increase in the KPC's provision of Jet A-1 fuel. (Note: Both Mr. Al-Nouri and Mr. Al-Kandari have spoken directly to DESC in reference to the request for additional fuel. End Note). Al-Nouri and Al-Kandari similarly told Econoff that KPC could not accomodate DESC's request due to non-availability of the product and KPC logistic systems are at full capacity thru the month of August. ¶3. (U) Post will report further updates septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Visit Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ ********************************************* * JONES