Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Logo Origin

Apparently the logo, seen in its dynamic form here, the KOC logo of a falcon or hawk has an interesting origin. Some time ago, after oil was discovered in south Kuwait, some people were out hunting when they say a falcon hovering above a spot in the desert. They went to that spot and there was oil — the first oil find in North Kuwait. Believe it or not.

Update, 2008. The latest official logo is the following:

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I am living in Kuwait.
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