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KUWAIT FOREIGN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION COMPANY K.S.C. (CLOSED) AND SUBSIDIARIES<br />

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />

For the year ended 31 December 2008<br />

1. INCORPORATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES<br />

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company K.S.C. (Closed) (“the Company”) was registered in Kuwait in 1981<br />

as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (“KPC”) (“the Parent Company”) <strong>and</strong> its registered<br />

address is P.O. Box 5291, Safat 13053, State of Kuwait. The principal activities of the Company <strong>and</strong> its <strong>subsidiaries</strong><br />

(together referred to as “the Group”) are the exploration <strong>and</strong> development of oil <strong>and</strong> gas outside the State of Kuwait.<br />

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These consolidated financial statements were authorized for issue by the Chairman <strong>and</strong> Deputy Managing<br />

Director on behalf of the Board of Directors on -------. The General Assembly has the power to amend these<br />

consolidated financial statements after issuance.<br />

2. ADOPTION OF NEW AND REVISED STANDARDS<br />

Interpretations effective in the current period<br />

Three Interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee are effective<br />

for the current period. These are: IFRIC 11 IFRS 2: Group <strong>and</strong> Treasury Share Transactions; IFRIC 12: Service<br />

Concession Arrangements; <strong>and</strong> IFRIC 14 IAS 19: The Limit on a Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding<br />

Requirements <strong>and</strong> their Interaction.<br />

The adoption of these Interpretations has not led to any changes in the Group’s accounting policies.<br />

St<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> Interpretations in issue not yet adopted<br />

At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, the following St<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> Interpretations were in<br />

issue but not yet effective:<br />

• IAS 1 (Revised) Presentation of Financial<br />

Statements<br />

• IAS 16 - (Revised) Property, Plant <strong>and</strong> Equipment<br />

• IAS 19 - (Revised) Employee Benefits<br />

• IAS 20 - (Revised) Government Grants <strong>and</strong><br />

Disclosure of Government Assistance<br />

• IAS 23 (Revised) Borrowing Costs<br />

• IAS 27 (Revised) Consolidated <strong>and</strong> Separate<br />

Financial Statements<br />

• IAS 28 (Revised) Investments in Associates<br />

• IAS 29 (Revised) Financial Reporting in<br />

Hyperinflationary Economies<br />

• IAS 31 (Revised) Interests in Joint Ventures<br />

• IAS 32 (Revised) Financial Instruments:<br />

Presentation<br />

• IAS 36 (Revised) Impairment of Assets<br />

• IAS 38 (Revised) Intangible Assets<br />

• IAS 39 (Revised) Financial Instruments<br />

Recognition <strong>and</strong> Measurement<br />

• IAS 40 (Revised) Investment Property<br />

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