The State of Kuwait intends to spend close to Kuwaiti Dinar (KD) 25 billion on oil sector"s projects, in addition to annual spending on maintenance and services and the like, the Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah said Sunday. Al-Sabah, who is also Minister of Information, made the announcement as he opened the Kuwait Oil Expo 2009, with the theme of "Small and Medium Oil Related Industries". The Kuwaiti private sector"s expected contribution in the said plan comes to about KD five billion, the Oil minister added. He made these remarks on the sidelines of the opening ceremony, KUNA reported. On OPEC, the Oil minister said it was unlikely the Group would change output strategy in its upcoming meeting, due to be held in Angola on December 22.