Kuwait has asked its energy customers to pick up refined petroleum directly from its ports as the US and Iran aim for a final agreement within 60 days, adding to signs that cement the opening of the Hormuz Strait. The country is situated deep inside the Persian Gulf and is among the worst-hit economies due to the conflict.

Early signs of reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have lifted the most acute threat to global energy supplies but economic damages from the war will take months to unwind.

Opec member's production fell to 573,000 barrels per day in May