Khobar - OPEC member state Kuwait has stepped up security to the highest level at state-run oil conglomerate Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (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, spokesperson 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.