{
  "language": "en",
  "interfaceLanguage": "en",
  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/kpc-output-just-over-two-million-bpd-october-2026",
  "slug": "kpc-output-just-over-two-million-bpd-october-2026",
  "category": "oil-gas",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-05",
  "sourceName": "OPIS",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.opis.com/resources/energy-market-news-from-opis/kuwaits-kpc-says-oil-output-just-over-2-million-barrels-a-day-could-reach-3-million-if-hormuz-reopens/",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 1,
  "tags": [
    "Kuwait",
    "Kuwait Petroleum Corporation",
    "Oil production",
    "Strait of Hormuz",
    "October 2026"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "KPC says oil output is just above two million barrels a day",
    "summary": "Kuwait’s state oil company says production has recovered from earlier disruption but remains below its pre-conflict level, with exports still constrained by shipping access.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Output remains below the earlier level",
        "paragraphs": [
          "At the Energy Intelligence Forum in London, KPC chief executive Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah told OPIS that the company was producing just over 2 million barrels a day of crude and refined products. That is above the 1.77 million b/d reported in September but below the roughly 2.6 million b/d produced before the conflict."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "OPIS",
            "url": "https://www.opis.com/resources/energy-market-news-from-opis/kuwaits-kpc-says-oil-output-just-over-2-million-barrels-a-day-could-reach-3-million-if-hormuz-reopens/"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Export access remains the constraint",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Al-Sabah said output could rise to KPC’s maximum sustainable capacity of 3 million b/d if export routes become available. Kuwait currently depends on its own tanker fleet, which can move about 2.1–2.2 million b/d of crude and products. OPIS attributed the figures to the CEO’s remarks at the forum."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "OPIS",
            "url": "https://www.opis.com/resources/energy-market-news-from-opis/kuwaits-kpc-says-oil-output-just-over-2-million-barrels-a-day-could-reach-3-million-if-hormuz-reopens/"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "companies": []
}