Kuwait Says Oil Output Could Hit 2 Million Bpd Within a Week

Kuwait expects to raise its oil production to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) within a week, up from an average of 573,000 bpd in May, amid the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

This estimate was given by Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah, deputy chairman and CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), to Kuwait News Agency, before the collapse of the talks between the U.S. and Iran on Friday.

“Prewar production levels could be restored within weeks once regular international commercial shipping to Kuwait ports has resumed,” Al-Sabah was quoted…