By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait signed a five-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with BP on Tuesday, worth an estimated $3 billion (1.7 billion pounds), as it seeks to meet rising energy demand to power air conditioning during the scorching Gulf summers. Kuwait, a major OPEC oil producer, on Sunday agreed a $12 billion LNG supply deal over six years with Royal Dutch Shell and will also import gas from fellow Gulf state Qatar. The BP deal, signed by state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC), will help Kuwait run its power plants through the hottest time of the year. Kuwait began importing LNG, natural gas frozen to a liquid for transport on tankers, in 2009.
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