TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 02, 2003

S E C R E T KUWAIT 001217 SIPDIS STATE FOR TASK FORCE 1 - EB ACTION OFFICER STATE ALSO FOR EB/ESC AND NEA/ARP TREASURY FOR OASIA USDOC FOR 4520/MAC/AME DOE FOR IE - L. COBURN AND C. WASHINGTON E.O. 12958: DECL: 1.6 X5, X6 TAGS: EPET KU SUBJECT: TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 02, 2003 REF: KUWAIT 1195 AND PREVIOUS Classified By: DCM Frank C. Urbancic for reasons 1.5 (A),(B) and (D) ¶1. (S/NF) Post has investigated rumors of an explosion and fire at the Rawdatain oil field in northern Kuwait, and found them to be untrue. KPC and U.S. military sources confirm that an apparent Iraqi missile did recently land in an unpopulated area south of the Rawdatain and west of the Sabriya fields, but the impact had no effect on oil facilities or operations. ¶2. (C) Post is also investigating unconfirmed reports of an unscheduled shutdown of Gathering Center 20 in the Wafra field (shared with Saudi Arabia). There is nothing to suggest at this point that the shutdown is serious or long lasting. ¶3. (C) Following is the unedited data set provided by the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) production on April 2, ¶2003. Explanatory comments follow at para 4. (Begin Report) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Daily Crude Production All figures in bbls This report covers activities from 0500 4/01/03 to 0500 4/02/03 Total Kuwait Production 2,374,703 KOC Proper: South East: 1,280,001 West: 357,847 North: 433,073 Total: 2,070,921 Wafra Joint Operations: R/B to KOC 117,156 R/B to KNPC 0 R/B to SAT 5,368 R/B total 122,524 Eocene 39,258 KGOC: Khafji 120,500 Hout 21,500 KEC Receipt 2,178,491 (API 30.7, Salt PTB 19.3) KEC Stock 5,344,539 KEC Ullage 8,849,192 (End Report) 2.(C) Explanatory Comments: Wafra Joint Operations refer to onshore concessions in Saudi-Kuwait divided zone operated by Saudi Arabian Texaco (SAT). R/B refers to the two producing reservoirs -- Ratawi and Burgan. KOC is Kuwait Oil Company KNPC is Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation KGOC is the Kuwaiti successor to Arabian Oil Company (AOC), which previously operated a concession in the offshore portions of the Saudi-Kuwait divided zone. AOC still operates the fields under a service agreement. KEC refers to Kuwait Export Crude, the country's export blend. Salt PTB refers to pounds of salt per thousand barrels of crude oil. ¶3. (SBU) NOTE: Post continues to distribute these sitreps via SIPRNet e-mail to interested readers. To be added to the list, send a request via SIPRNet e-mail to SchwartzTPKuwait@state.sgov.gov. JONES