Kuwait to raise output from northern oilfields

30 June 2010

Sami Al Rushaid, chief executive of state-run Kuwait Oil has said the country will raise production from its northern oilfields from 720,000 barrels per day to 820,000 barrels per day (bpd) by the end of July, Reuters has reported. Kuwait's total production capacity is expected to reach 3.3 million bpd in August, he said, and confirmed the country's current capacity was at 3.17 million bpd.

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