The price of Kuwait's crude oil has gone up $2.82 to settle, at $52.45 per barrel (pb) on Thursday, compared to $49.63 pb last Wednesday, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation here today. Emirates' news agency WAM cited Kuwaiti counterpart KUNA reporting that Brent blend was down $2.31 to settle, at $52.16 pb, while the American benchmark crude of West Texas Intermediate (WTI), was down $1.61 to settle, at $44.61 pb.