Wafra Oil Field (Kuwait-Saudi Arabia)

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Wafra Oil Field (الوفرة) is an operating oil field in Kuwait-Saudi Arabia.

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

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Wafra Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Wafra Operating[1][2] Wafra Joint Operations[3] Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (50.0%); Saudi Arabian Chevron (50.0%)[3] 1954[3] 1954[4]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Wafra Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
production oil 9.12 million bbl/y 2020 [5]

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Wafra Oil Field

Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Kuwait-Saudi Arabia[6] 28.5894, 47.8886 (exact)[6]

The map below shows the exact 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/20230205072654/https://www.mees.com/2021/1/8/news-in-brief/neutral-zone-heavy-oil-restart/a80c8160-51d0-11eb-b3ab-25b22e71e3e7. Archived from the original on 05 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://www.eia.gov/international/content/analysis/countries_long/Kuwait/kuwait.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Kuwait Gulf Oil Company Joint Operations". Kuwait Gulf Oil Company. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  4. "Oil and Gas Situation in Kuwait". Middle East Center for Energy Information. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20230127151711/https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/thawed-relations-hit-strange-times-inside-the-saudi-kuwait-neutral-zone/. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 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.