On 25 July 1990, only a few days before the Iraqi invasion, OPEC officials said that Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates had agreed to a proposal to limit daily oil output to 1.5 million barrels, thus potentially settling differences over oil policy between Kuwait and Iraq.
1990年7月25日，伊拉克入侵的几天前，OPEC官方人员宣布科威特与沙特阿拉伯达成石油减产协议，将石油日产量限制在150万桶，可以看作是潜在的解决了伊拉克与科威特之间的石油争端。