VOL. XXXII

NO. 45

14-AUGUST-1989

KUWAIT

Kuwait Oil Minister Says Kuwait Has Cut Output by 400,000- 500,000 b/d andIs Now Producing Close to 1.35mn b/d

Kuwait's Oil Minister, Shaikh 'Ali Khalifah al-Sabah, has affirmed thatKuwait has sharply reduced its oil output since the June OPEC conference and isnow producing close to the level of 1.35mn b/d which it had promised the otherOPEC members to observe.

In this connection Shaikh 'Ali told Reuters on 5 August: "We havereduced production by 400,000 or...