DUBAI, July 28 (Reuters) - Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Co (KIPIC) has begun operating the gas line that will feed its long-delayed Al-Zour refinery, state news agency KUNA said on Tuesday.

Until now we have not concluded (a deal),'' Sami al-Rushaid, managing director of Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), said, adding that he hoped the contract would still be signed by July.

Kuwait National Petroleum Company announced that it was operating a fifth liquefied gas (LNG) line at Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, adding 805 million standard cubic feet to the company's capacity, the ...