Kuwait Offers Gulf Oil Loadings as Producers Seek Hormuz Outlet

Kuwait is offering naphtha for loading at its ports deep into the Persian Gulf in the first such tender in months, as Middle Eastern oil producers seek to raise shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. State-held Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has issued a tender to sell naphtha cargoes to be picked up at Kuwaiti ports by buyers, Bloomberg reported on Monday, quoting a tender document it had seen. The Kuwaiti tender is a sign that the Gulf producers are hopeful that the Strait of Hormuz reope