MANAMA, March 9 (Reuters) - Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) plansto issue a tender this year for oilfield enhanced serviceagreements open to competition by international oil companies,chief executive Hashem Hashem said on Monday.
In remarks to reporters at a conference in Bahrain, Hashemadded that BP, Chevron, Total and RoyalDutch Shell were interested in such deals. KOC,upstream arm of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, wants to boostcrude output and develop some of its oilfields, which includeBurgan, the world's second largest.
(Reporting by Rania El Gamal and Reem Shamseddine, Editing byWilliam Maclean)