Kuwait produces over 2.8 million barrels of oil per day, KPC says

Kuwait produces over 2.8 million barrels of oil per day, KPC says
Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah also said Kuwait has plans to increase crude oil production whenever the market needs it, but currently the customers of the state-owned corporation still demand the same volumes with no change.
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18 September, 2022
Kuwait produces 650 million cubic feet of gas per day, and plans to increase it to one billion, Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah also said [Jason Larkin/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty-file photo]

The chief executive of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said on Sunday the Gulf state currently produces more than 2.8 million barrels of oil per day in accordance with its Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota.

Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah also said Kuwait has plans to increase crude oil production whenever the market needs it, but currently the customers of the state-owned corporation still demand the same volumes with no change.

Kuwait produces 650 million cubic feet of gas per day, and plans to increase it to one billion, he added.

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On the market environment, he said "ambiguity exists in all markets, whether gas or oil… there are questions about the world economic future, especially with the interest rates hikes and the expected recession in global economies and the extent of their impact on oil demand".

OPEC and allies including Russia, known as OPEC+, have this year been ramping up oil output as they look to unwind record cuts put in place in 2020 after the pandemic slashed demand.

However, OPEC+ in recent months has failed to achieve its planned output increases due to underinvestment in oilfields by some OPEC members and by losses in Russian output.

(Reuters)