Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) said it will soon resume work on its workers’ housing in the Southern Alahmadi governorate, which will have about 1,800 residential units upon completion, according to 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 involves 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 Corp. (KPC), the mother company of KOC.
Although KPC had halted Phase 2 of the housing project for five years due to the pandemic and amid a government decision to slash spending in oil sector, the state-owned company has now decided to revive the project.
The KPC recently announced the appointment of Ahmed Jaber al-Aydan as CEO of KOC, and Wadha al-Khateeb as CEO of Kuwait National Petroleum Company.
