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        "id": 1728027,
        "msgid": "kuwaits-oil-exports-at-0-first-time-since-1988-1778309593",
        "date": "2026-05-09 13:30:00",
        "title": "Kuwait's Oil Exports at 0%, First Time Since 1988",
        "author": "Aprillia Ika",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "Kuwait exported zero barrels of crude oil in April 2026, marking the first such occurrence since the end of the 1991 Gulf War, due to the ongoing war in West Asia that has disrupted regional trade. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil shipping route, and attacks on US military bases in Kuwait by Iran have severely impacted the country's oil exports, which typically account for 95% of its total exports. As the world's tenth-largest oil producer, this halt underscores the vulnerability of global energy markets to geopolitical tensions in the Gulf region.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Kuwait is reported to have completely ceased\nexporting crude oil in April 2026, following the outbreak of war in West\nAsia. This information was reported by TankerTrackers.com, Inc., an\nindependent company that monitors global crude oil shipments and\nstorage. Through its official social media account, Tanker Trackers\nstated that the phenomenon of \u201c0 percent exports\u201d of Kuwait\u2019s crude oil\nis the first since the end of the Gulf War in 1988. \u201cDuring April 2026,\nKuwait exported 0 barrels of crude oil for the first time since the end\nof Gulf War I,\u201d wrote the TankerTrackers.com, Inc.\u00a0account on Saturday\n(2\/5\/2026). Kuwait is one of the countries in West Asia. Its land\nborders Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, while its other side borders the\nPersian Gulf. It ranks as the tenth largest oil producer in the world.\nCrude oil and refined oil products are the main commodities contributing\n95 percent to total exports. In 2025, Kuwait\u2019s main oil export markets\nwere South Korea at 18 percent of total oil exports, Japan 14 percent,\nChina 10 percent, and the United States 8 percent. Macroeconomic data\nprovider CEIC reported that Kuwait\u2019s oil exports reached a record high\nthroughout 2025 at 1,329 million barrels per day. In 2024, the country\nexported 1,175.8 million barrels per day; 1,567.5 million barrels per\nday in 2023; and 1,878.8 million barrels per day in 2022. Located in the\nGulf region, Kuwait has not escaped the impact of the war between Israel\nand the United States (US) against Iran. That war has closed the waters\nof the Strait of Hormuz, the main trade route for oil from the Gulf\nregion. US military bases in Kuwait have also not escaped Iranian\nmissile targets.<\/p>",
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