Royal Dutch Shell has announced that it has inked a deal to supply Kuwait with liquefied natural gas (LNG) starting this summer.

Kuwait is one of the world's highest per capita consumers of electricity.

The sources said that Shell was also eyeing at several business opportunities with KPC, both locally and internationally.

The sources further added that Kuwait has been setting up facilities to begin importing 500 million cubic feet per day of LNG, which is gas chilled to liquid form for export on specially designed tankers. The Gulf Arab state is also in talks with nearby Qatar to buy LNG to help meet the summer shortfall.

Kuwait expects its first LNG cargo from Shell by the start of August after completing the construction of its new import facility at the port of Al Ahmadi.