• Kuwait Oil Company signed a USD 16 billion pipeline infrastructure partnership with a consortium led by Blackstone, Brookfield, KKR.
• New Kuwait-incorporated JV will lease usage rights to 13 crude oil pipelines spanning about 320 kilometers.
• KOC will hold 51% of the JV; the consortium will hold 49% split equally among the three investors.
• JV will grant KOC exclusive use, operations, maintenance rights for 20.5 years in return for a volume-based tariff.
• Transaction expected to deliver USD 7.85 billion in upfront proceeds to KOC at closing.

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