Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1956

Impossibility of performance resulting in extinguishment of the obligation. It must arise after the obligation comes into existence, owing to an extraneous cause rendering performance of the obligation permanently and absolutely impossible for everyone, not for some to the exclusion of others. - Example of the absence of grounds for asserting extinguishment of the obligation, even where performance of the obligation is onerous for the debtor, in relation to the Petroleum Fellowship Fund.