Kuwait’s National Oil Company Announces Precautionary Production Cut Amid Regional Tensions

CAIRO, March 8 (Xinhua) — Kuwait’s major national oil company the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) announced Saturday a precautionary cut in crude oil production and refining.

Citing escalating regional tensions, the KPC said in a statement that the adjustment is “strictly precautionary” and that the company “remains fully prepared to restore production levels once conditions allow.”