Highlights Khafji, Wafra field capacity 500,000 b/d Officials seek to resolve remaining issues Return could stave off market shortage London — Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are making headway towards a political agreement on restarting two shuttered oil fields in the Partitioned Neutral Zone as soon as December, according to sources familiar with the deliberations. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The fields, offline for almost four years, would bring some 500,000 b/d of crude onto the market at a time when many analysts expect global supplies to be tight. But their return is not yet assured, as several issues — some political, some financial — still have to be resolved between the two sides, the sources said on condition of anonymity. "There’s been pressure on both sides to resolve this," one source told S&P Global Platts. "There have been many promises before, but […]

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