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KPC working to mitigate Covid-19 impacts on oil market

Deputy Board Chairman of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Hashem Hashem
Deputy Board Chairman of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Hashem Hashem
By Khaled Al-Mutairi KUWAIT, April 3 (KUNA) -- Deputy Board Chairman of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Hashem Hashem said workers in oil sector exert praiseworthy efforts around the clock to ensure supplies to market despite challenges posed by novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
In a statement to KUNA on Friday, Hashem, also KPC's CEO, took pride in the dedication of the oil workers to "the march of giving" and the achievement of the targets of the oil sector strategy 2040 amid the challenging circumstances.
"Their relentless efforts bore fruit and helped the State of Kuwait increase its oil output recently, and start producing heavy crude oil from the northern fields, and tapping into the resources of Khafji oilfield in the Neutral Zone," he pointed out.
Kuwait's oil output surged to nearly 2.9 million barrels per day in March and is to continue increasing to 3.15 million bpd in April, Hashem expected based on the estimates of the rise in the joint production in the Neutral Zone and Al-Wafrah oilfields.
"The oil workers continue making tremendous efforts to ensure sustainable oil and gas supplies to the local and global markets, and marketing oil, by-products and petrochemicals amid dwindling demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic," he went on.
Regarding KPC's corporate social responsibility, Hashem said the corporation made trailblazing contributions to the state's efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19.
"Since the pandemic reached Kuwait in late February, KPC has set and equipped several sites as quarantines and put them at the disposal of the Ministry of Health," he noted.
Hashem pledged that the corporation would continue backing the fight against the pandemic and carrying out the oil sector strategy 2040 as per the set timeline. (end) km.gb