Kuwait to raise oil output by 300,000 bpd by mid-2009

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japanese industry minister Akira Amari (L) and Kuwaiti oil minister Mohammad al-Olaim (R) shake hands in Kuwait City on June 24. Al-Olaim told Amari that the Gulf country will add 300,000 barrels of oil to its current output of 2.6 million barrels per day by mid-2009. (Kyodo)