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KUWAIT CITY— Kuwait's state-run oil company says it has contained a fire at an onshore oil rig in the country's southwestern oilfields. The Kuwait Oil Co. said early on Monday that a fire broke out while an emergency team responded to what it described as a "minor" leak at the al-Maqwa field. OPEC member Kuwait, a tiny emirate on the Persian Gulf, is a major oil producer.
The country had initially set June 21 as the date to open bids for 11 new blocks, located in border areas with Iran and Kuwait, and in offshore Gulf waters.
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Efficiency improvements from the world’s largest oil-producers could see prices slide back to near $50 a barrel, according to J.P. Morgan.
“We finished one battle but we are engaged now with a war for reconstruction,” said Mustafa al-Hiti, the head of Iraq’s reconstruction fund.
KUWAIT, Jan 17- Kuwait's oil minister Bakhit al-Rashidi said on Wednesday there is no plan or intention so far to exit from a production-cutting agreement among OPEC and non- OPEC oil producers. He said a Jan. 21 committee meeting of some OPEC and non- OPEC ministers in Oman would focus on reviewing adherence to the cuts, adding that compliance in December was at 125...
Trade groups and foreign governments stayed at or held events at properties linked to the President, according to think tank Public Citizen.
Online social accounts allow terror groups to explicitly broadcast calls for financial support.
Saudi authorities are striking deals with some of those detained in an anti-corruption crackdown, asking for assets and cash in return for their freedom.
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Saudi Arabia on Saturday suspended any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of "distorting facts."
President Trump holds a joint press conference with Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah.
President Trump holds a joint press conference with Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah.
President Trump holds a joint press conference with Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah.
President Trump holds a joint press conference with Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah.
President Trump holds a joint press conference with Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah.
President Trump holds a joint press conference with Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah.
President Trump holds a joint press conference with Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah.
President Trump holds a joint press conference with Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah.
Oil erased early losses after leading OPEC producer Saudi Arabia pledged to cut its exports to help speed up the the market rebalancing.
The U.S. has a delicate position in mediating the Qatar crisis as it has assets throughout the GCC countries, says Emily Hawthorne at Stratfor.
Becca Wasser at RAND Corporation says rifts occurring among countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council have been solved in the past, but it's taken time.
