Security forces gather outside the Shia Al-Imam al-Sadeq mosque after it was targeted by a suicide bombing during Friday prayers, in Kuwait City, on June 26, 2015. PHOTO AFP
Friday's suicide attack on a mosque in the capital used by members of Kuwait's Shia minority killed 26 people and wounded 227, and was one of the deadliest in the emirate's history.
"Kuwait Petroleum Corp. and its subsidiaries have raised security measures to the maximum level following the terrorist bombing on Friday," the state-owned firm's spokesman Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Sabah said in a statement.
"All refineries, oilfields and oil sector operations have been placed under heightened security measures to maintain normal operations without being affected by the terrorist threat," he added.
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Security at oil facilities had already been beefed up in March following the launch of a Saudi-led air campaign against Shia rebels in Yemen in which Kuwait has been taking part.
Security forces and officials gather at a Shia mosque after a deadly blast claimed by the Islamic State group that struck worshippers attending Friday prayers in Kuwait City, Friday, June 26, 2015. PHOTO AFP
Police have detained several suspects for questioning in connection with Friday's bombing, the interior ministry said.
Sunni extremists loyal to IS have claimed several bombings of Shia mosques in Saudi Arabia and Yemen in recent months but Friday's was the first in Kuwait. Shia make up around a third of the emirate's population.
Oil is its main source of income accounting for around 90 percent of public revenues.
The OPEC member says it sits on around 10 percent of global reserves and pumps around 2.8 million barrels per day.
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