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Two workers perish at gas project site in Kuwait

KUWAIT, Aug 8 (KUNA) -- Two workers died "in a painful accident" at dawn on Saturday at a project site for imported natural gas in Al-Zour, approximately 95 kilometers south of Al-Assimah (Kuwait Capital), Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Company (KIPIC) announced.

Mahmoud Abul, KIPIC's deputy chief executive officer and official spokesperson, said in a statement the two workers died at the site of constructing facilities for importing liquefied natural gas in Al-Zour.
Investigations have already kicked off to determine circumstances of the accident, Abul said. (end) km.rk