Gulf OPEC producers the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, as well as Iraq, are debating whether they should roll over existing oil supply cuts into 2021, as they struggle to stick to their agreed reductions, OPEC and industry sources said. Their hesitance raises the possibility of reviewing output targets when …
Read More »Kuwait Aims to Finish Mideast’s Biggest LNG Terminal by March
Kuwait aims to open what will be the Middle East’s largest import terminal for liquefied natural gas in March, according to two people familiar with the project. The Al-Zour plant will allow Kuwait to receive 22 million tons of LNG (about 31 billion cubic meters) a year, almost doubling the …
Read More »Kuwait most Dependent on Oil Revenues among World Countries
The Gulf state of Kuwait is the most dependent on revenues of fossil oil among the world countries, a recent report issued by the World Bank revealed, according to The New Khalij on Friday. The report, which was published by local Kuwaiti media, confirmed that Kuwait’s oil revenues make up …
Read More »Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Restart Production at Huge Shared Oil Field
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have restarted production at the Al-Khafji oil field in the neutral zone between the two countries, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported, citing a statement by the acting CEO of the Kuwait Gulf Oil Company. The official Twitter account of the company posted an update yesterday, saying (via …
Read More »Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Working to Restart Neutral Zone’s Wafra Field
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are “working very hard” to reopen the onshore Wafra oil field in the Neutral Zone shared between both countries, a source directly involved in the project said June 21. There is no restart date yet, the person told S&P Global Platts. Arab news agency Attaqa reported …
Read More »Kuwait, Saudi Arabia will Shut Shared Al-Khafji Field just Months after Restart
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia agreed to stop production from the Al-Khafji crude oil field – part of their shared Neutral Zone – as of June 1, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. The shutdown comes just months after both countries agreed to resume production at the Neutral …
Read More »Iran, Kuwait Voice Solidarity on Fighting Coronavirus
Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker, Marzouq al-Ghanim in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Ali Larijani stressed on Kuwait’s solidarity with Iranian people on fighting coronavirus. During the phone call, Marzouq al-Ghanim conveyed Kuwaiti emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s greeting to Larijani as well as his concern over his infection with …
Read More »Intention at OPEC+ Meeting to Reduce Output by 10m-15m bpd
Kuwait’s oil minister said talks with countries attending an OPEC+ meeting are intended to move toward reaching an agreement to reduce production by 10 million-15 million barrels per day, Kuwait’s Al-Rai newspaper reported early on Thursday. Minister Khaled Al-Fadhel said in an interview with the newspaper: “Through our continuous consultations …
Read More »Zangeneh Phones Russian, Kuwaiti, Algerian Counterparts on Sinking Oil Prices
Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh discussed the latest oil market developments and price fluctuations with Mohamed Arkab, Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines and the President of OPEC Conference.
Read More »Iran, Kuwait Underscore Cooperation on Fight against Coronavirus
In a Sunday meeting between Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Irani and Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society Hilal Al-Sayer, the two sides underlined the significance of mutual cooperation on combating against the novel coronavirus. The Iranian envoy named US-led sanctions on his country as the main factor preventing …
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