Kuwait oil price up $1.04 to USD 66.40 pb
KUWAIT, May 22 (KUNA) -- The price of Kuwaiti oil went up by USD 1.04 to USD 66.40 per barrel on Wednesday as opposed to USD 65.36 per barrel the day before, said the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Thursday.
The price of Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate globally went down by 47 and 46 cents, reaching respectively USD 64.91 per barrel and USD 61.57 pb.
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