The price of Kuwait crude oil per barrel rose USD 0.86 to stand at USD 51.35 pb in Friday's trading compared to USD 50.49 pb on Wednesday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said on Saturday.
The price of Brent crude oil for February delivery went down by 1.59 percent, to stand at US 56.42 pb.
In New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), American light crude settled at USD 52.69 pb for February delivery.