Sunday 22 December 2019

#Kuwait oil minister hopes to resolve Neutral Zone issue with #SaudiArabia by year end - Reuters

Kuwait oil minister hopes to resolve Neutral Zone issue with Saudi Arabia by year end - Reuters:

Kuwait’s oil minister said on Sunday he hoped Kuwait and Saudi Arabia will resolve the Neutral Zone issue by the end of 2019.

The two countries halted output from the jointly-run oilfields- Khafji and Wafra - in the so-called Neutral Zone more than three years ago, cutting some 500,000 barrels per day or 0.5 percent of global oil supply.

“We hope that by the end of the year things will be cleared out and things will go back to normal,” Kuwaiti minister Khaled al-Fadhel told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Kuwait.

“Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have always been in agreement (regarding the Neutral Zone conflict),” al-Fadhel added. However, resuming oil production from the zone remains a political issue that needs to be discussed at higher levels.

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