Home Industry Energy Kuwait Oil Minister: Better Economic Growth Needed To Absorb Oversupply Ali al-Omair also said the Kuwait’s budget for the next fiscal year was expected to be based on an average oil price of $40 to $45. by Reuters January 21, 2015 The fall of oil prices can’t be controlled until oversupply is absorbed by better economic growth, Kuwait’s oil minister Ali al-Omair told reporters on Wednesday. Omair, speaking on the sidelines of an energy industry conference, did not say when that happen. Asked whether oil prices had reached bottom, he said he could not answer. He also said the country’s state budget for the next fiscal year starting on April 1 was expected to be based on an average oil price assumption of $40 to 45. Iraq’s oil minister Adel Abdel Mehdi, also attending the conference, told reporters that such a steep fall of oil prices after last November’s OPEC meeting wasn’t expected. 0 Comments