Kuwait Says Security Raised to Highest in Oil Sector

Posted by Joseph R. Fonseca June 28, 2015

OPEC member state Kuwait has stepped up security to the highest level at state-run oil conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) and its affiliates, state-run KUNA reported on Saturday, a day after a suicide bomber killed 27 people in a Shi'ite mosque.

KUNA quoted Sheikh Talal al-Khaled al-Sabah, spokesman for the country's oil sector.

Separately, state-run oil refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) said "extra monitoring and searches" were being taken to increase security.

(Reporting by Reem Shamseddine; editing by John Stonestreet)