The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) confirmed on Saturday that its facilities and oil and gas production were not affected by the earthquake that occurred at dawn today.
KOC said in a press statement that the oil facilities stopped for a short period during the quake as a precautionary measure in accordance with the company’s safety regulations, noting that it’s facilities are equipped with sensors that operate automatically when exposed to any natural disasters.
Earlier today, A 5.0-magnitude earthquake shacked the southwest of Kuwait’s Al-Ahmadi.
Source: Kuwait News Agency