North Wafra Oil and Gas Field (Kuwait-Saudi Arabia)

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North Wafra Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Kuwait-Saudi Arabia.

Along with Wafra Oil Field (Kuwait-Saudi Arabia), South Fuwaris Oil and Gas Field (Kuwait-Saudi Arabia), South Umm-Gudair Oil and Gas Field (Kuwait-Saudi Arabia), Humma Oil and Gas Field (Kuwait-Saudi Arabia), and Arq Oil and Gas Field (Kuwait-Saudi Arabia), North Wafra is a part of the Offshore Neutral Zone complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for North Wafra Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
North Wafra Operating[1] Wafra Joint Operations[2] Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (50.0%); Saudi Arabian Chevron (50.0%)[2] 1963[3]

Production and Reserves

Location

Table 2: field-level location details for North Wafra Oil and Gas Field

Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Kuwait-Saudi Arabia[4] 28.4473, 47.8621 (approximate)[4]

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Offshore Neutral Zone complex:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20230515114808/https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/article/14074106/kuwait-saudi-arabia-to-resume-joint-oil-production. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Kuwait Gulf Oil Company Joint Operations". Kuwait Gulf Oil Company. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20190728174033/http://www.angelfire.com/emo/baderbader/bahth.html. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Bader Al-Saif (March 1, 2021). "Along the Kuwaiti-Saudi Border, Stability Is Built on Flexibility" (PDF). Carnegie Endowment. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.