By IANS,
Dubai : Oil major Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Wednesday announced that it has posted a profit of 1.1 billion Kuwaiti Dinars ($4.1 billion) in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, which started April 1.
KPC managing director for financial affairs Ali Al-Hajri, while announcing the quarterly results, said the profits exceeded budget forecasts by KD700 million ($2.6 billion), according to the state-run Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).
The KD1.1-billion figure marked a 74 percent rise in profits from the corresponding period last year which had stood at KD467 million ($1.7 billion).
Al-Hajri said the operational profit stood at KD871 million ($3.3 billion), accounting for 79 percent of net profit.
The remaining amount of the net profit, KD230 million ($865.2 million) or 21 percent, represented the investment revenue.
According to Al-Hajri, operational profit figures were a result of KPC’s activities in the production of crude oil, gas, liquefied gas, petroleum products and petrochemicals.
KPC was established in 1980 to bring together all Kuwaiti state-owned entities in the oil sector under one umbrella.
Today, its operations span six continents and it has 14,940 people on its rolls.