Kuwait, Saudi Arabia agree to restart jointly held Khafji field

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia agreed to resume production at offshore Khafji oil field although no restart date was immediately available, Kuwait News Agency (Kuna) reported, saying Anas al-Saleh, Kuwait’s acting oil minister, told Kuwait’s Parliament that maintenance was planned first at the field. Source: News


EIA: US crude inventories record 2.3 million-bbl rise

Data from the US Energy Information Administration’s Weekly Petroleum Status Report show that US commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, gained 2.3 million bbl during the week ended Mar. 25 from the previous week’s total. Source: News


Ineos plans restart of mothballed ethylene unit at Grangemouth

Ineos AG, Rolle, Switzerland, has completed operational trials for the planned restart of a previously shuttered second manufacturing unit at its gas-cracking operations in Grangemouth, Scotland. Source: News


MARKET WATCH: NYMEX oil price for May hovering above $38/bbl

Light, sweet crude oil prices for May delivery dropped more than $1 on Mar. 29 on the New York market to settle above $38/bbl. It was the fifth consecutive session for prices to drop and the longest losing streak since February when prices plunged below $30/bbl. Source: News