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(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 21, 2019 a pumpjack from California-based energy company Signal Hill Petroleum is seen in front of the landmark Curley's Cafe, one of two pumpjacks in the Diner's parking lot which has been churning out oil from the ground below since 1921 in Signal Hill, California. - Oil prices soared more than four percent on January 3, 2020 and equities reversed early gains following news that the US had killed a top Iranian general, fanning fresh fears of a conflict in the crude-rich region. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Kuwait oil at $14.72 pb

By Kuwait Times

April 22, 2020 | 02:49 p.m EDT

KUWAIT: Price of the Kuwaiti crude oil dropped $2.27 to $14.72 per barrel Tuesday against $16.99 pb Monday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said yesterday. In international markets, Brent crude contracts for June delivery dropped $6.24 settling at $19.33 pb. West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery fell $8.86 to settle at $11.57 pb.

Private clinics open
KUWAIT: Private clinics were allowed to open starting from yesterday but under certain conditions. The working hours will be from 11 am to 2 pm, and only for three days a week. The clinics must reduce its employees by 50 percent. They also must schedule only the emergency cases.

Minister condemns assault
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah stressed that assaulting the ministry's employees and health cadres while carrying out their work is a condemned and rejected and can never be accepted under any pretext or justification. Sheikh Basel denounced the assault on one of the ministry's doctors while performing her humanitarian mission in a health center in the country.

Fuel station in Mahboula
KUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) announced the opening of a temporary fuel station bearing the number (502) in the isolated Mahboula area to serve its residents in light of the special precautions taken by the government recently to protect them from the coronavirus spread.

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