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Kuwait Oil Company secures $16bn pipeline joint venture with Blackstone and Brookfield

1 report, 1 independent Updated Sep 30
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What happened

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Kuwait Oil Company entered a joint venture with Blackstone and Brookfield concerning its crude pipeline network. The deal is valued at $16 billion. Kuwait Oil Company retained a 51 percent stake and leased 13 pipelines back for 20.5 years, receiving $7.85 billion upfront in exchange for a volume-based tariff.

From middleeasteye.net

Why it matters

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The partnership occurs amid fiscal recalculations in Gulf states, which are being driven by global geopolitical turmoil. This deal allows Kuwait to improve funding access, potentially mitigating fiscal pressure related to revenue drops.

Gulf states are restructuring their sovereign wealth funds, accelerating a trend of shifting towards narrower revenue-generating activities due to global geopolitical turmoil.

From middleeasteye.net

Who's involved

  • Kuwait Oil CompanyPut its crude pipeline network into a joint venture with Blackstone and Brookfield.
  • BlackstonePartnered with Kuwait Oil Company as a collective investor in the pipeline joint venture.
  • BrookfieldPartnered with Kuwait Oil Company in the pipeline joint venture.

Who could feel it

Possible knock-on effects

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  • Kuwait Oil CompanySpeculative

    Kuwait Oil Company could receive $7.85 billion upfront and secure long-term revenue via a volume-based tariff.

  • KuwaitSpeculative

    Kuwait may improve funding access, potentially mitigating fiscal pressure from war-related revenue drops.

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Partnership on Kuwait's oil-export pipelines and PIF channeling international capital into the Saudi economy amid regional instability. All 2 developments

Within The Public Investment Fund (PIF) raised $2 billion in a private equity vehicle targeting investments across the Middle East.

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