Kuwait Petroleum Company has stated that it will take over 10 to 12 weeks to restore oil production to pre-war levels, even if an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is reached in the coming days.
Kuwait’s estimate is one of the first indicators of what post-Hormuz recovery may look like after months of outages.
While most stakeholders discuss whether the waterway will reopen soon, not many have paid attention to how quickly oil producers can restore output to normal levels.
Many refineries in the region suffered from missile and drone attacks, and some had to shut down production as storage tanks filled to the brim, as vessels were stuck in Hormuz, unable to enter or exit after Iran closed the waterway in response to U.S and Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic from February 28, 2026, onwards.
Restarting production would involve stabilising wells, gathering systems, storage facilities, export terminals and logistics chains.
Kuwait Petroleum Company’s managing director for international marketing, Shaikh Khaled Ahmad Al-Sabah, said Kuwait would
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