OIL WOES

Kuwait suspends oil contracts again as Strait remains blocked

Kuwait Petroleum Corp. can’t load or ship oil, cutting off flows worth as much as $180 million a day and throwing delivery schedules into disarray

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Kuwait Petroleum Corp. headquarters was damaged in an Iranian drone attack on April 5.

Kuwait has extended a force majeure declaration that now covers about 2 million barrels a day of crude and refined products as the Strait of Hormuz shutdown blocks tanker traffic.

The move lets state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp. suspend...