{"id":"2026-oct-add-gasstates-kuwait-crude-price-october-8-2026","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-add-gasstates-kuwait-crude-price-october-8-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-kuwait-crude-price-october-8-2026","language":"en","title":"Kuwaiti crude rises $4.89 to $108.10 a barrel","summary":"QNA, citing Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, reported a Thursday Kuwaiti crude price of $108.10 per barrel, up from $103.21.","body":["Kuwait’s crude oil price rose by $4.89 to $108.10 a barrel in Thursday, 8 October trading, compared with $103.21 on Wednesday, Qatar News Agency reported on 9 October, citing Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. The figures describe the KPC-reported daily price observation for Kuwaiti crude.","International benchmarks also rose in the same report: Brent futures gained $4.08 to $104.28 a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate futures increased $3.21 to $91.49. These are separate grades and market instruments, so their quoted levels are not interchangeable with Kuwait’s crude price.","A one-day price move records a market observation; it does not establish a change in Kuwait’s production, exports, realized sales revenue or fiscal receipts. Nor does the report identify a cause for the increase. The comparison is limited to the reported Thursday and Wednesday prices and the benchmark futures figures stated by QNA."],"keyPoints":["Kuwaiti crude was reported at $108.10 a barrel on 8 October, up $4.89 from Wednesday.","Brent futures rose $4.08 to $104.28 a barrel.","WTI futures gained $3.21 to $91.49; the grades and instruments differ."],"sections":[],"text":"Kuwaiti crude rises $4.89 to $108.10 a barrel\n\nQNA, citing Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, reported a Thursday Kuwaiti crude price of $108.10 per barrel, up from $103.21.\n\nKuwaiti crude was reported at $108.10 a barrel on 8 October, up $4.89 from Wednesday.\n\nBrent futures rose $4.08 to $104.28 a barrel.\n\nWTI futures gained $3.21 to $91.49; the grades and instruments differ.\n\nKuwait’s crude oil price rose by $4.89 to $108.10 a barrel in Thursday, 8 October trading, compared with $103.21 on Wednesday, Qatar News Agency reported on 9 October, citing Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. The figures describe the KPC-reported daily price observation for Kuwaiti crude.\n\nInternational benchmarks also rose in the same report: Brent futures gained $4.08 to $104.28 a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate futures increased $3.21 to $91.49. These are separate grades and market instruments, so their quoted levels are not interchangeable with Kuwait’s crude price.\n\nA one-day price move records a market observation; it does not establish a change in Kuwait’s production, exports, realized sales revenue or fiscal receipts. Nor does the report identify a cause for the increase. The comparison is limited to the reported Thursday and Wednesday prices and the benchmark futures figures stated by QNA.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["oil","commodity-prices","statistics"],"eventDate":"2026-10-09","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T13:24:37Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-10T13:24:37Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T13:23:03Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-09","translatedAt":"2026-10-10T13:01:31Z","sources":[{"url":"https://qna.org.qa/en/news/news-details?date=9%2F10%2F2026&id=kuwaiti-oil-price-rises-by-489-per-barrel","name":"Qatar News Agency (QNA), citing Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC)","licence":"QNA terms reserve rights; no open reuse licence stated. Factual reporting only; no source prose, image or data table reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","licenseUrl":"https://qna.org.qa/en/pages/terms-of-use","attribution":"Qatar News Agency, Kuwaiti Oil Price Rises by $4.89 per Barrel, 9 October 2026; price attributed by QNA to Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.","publishedAt":"2026-10-09"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-kuwait-crude-price-october-8-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-kuwait-crude-price-october-8-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-kuwait-crude-price-october-8-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-kuwait-crude-price-october-8-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-kuwait-crude-price-october-8-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-kuwait-crude-price-october-8-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-add-gasstates-kuwait-crude-price-october-8-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["price-observation"],"geographies":[{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"KW","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"KW","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2026-10-08","from":"2026-10-08","precision":"day"}}}