TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 06, 2003

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 KUWAIT 001280 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 06, 2003 REF: KUWAIT 1274 AND PREVIOUS Classified By: DCM Frank C. Urbancic for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D) 1.(C) Following are the unedited oil production data sets provided by the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) for April 5 and 6, provided by KPC on April 6, 2003. Explanatory comments follow at para 2. (Begin Report for April 5) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Daily Crude Production All figures in bbls This report covers activities from 0500 04/04/03 to 0500 04/05/03 Total Kuwait Production 2,367,940 KOC Proper: South East: 1,289,244 West: 360,970 North: 414,706 Total: 2,064,920 Wafra Joint Operations: R/B to KOC 136,375 R/B to KNPC 0 R/B to SAT 0 R/B total 136,375 Eocene 32,145 KGOC: Khafji 117,000 Hout 17,500 KEC Receipt 2,197,120 (API 30.5, Salt PTB 8.8) KEC Stock 4,451,200 KEC Ullage 9,742,531 (End Report for April 5) (Begin Report for April 6) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Daily Crude Production All figures in bbls This report covers activities from 0500 04/05/03 to 0500 04/06/03 Total Kuwait Production 2,379,293 KOC Proper: South East: 1,307,953 West: 355,492 North: 407,133 Total: 2,070,578 Wafra Joint Operations: R/B to KOC 140,142 R/B to KNPC 0 R/B to SAT 0 R/B total 140,142 Eocene 34,073 KGOC: Khafji 117,000 Hout 17,500 KEC Receipt 2,208,587 (API 30.5, Salt PTB 11.5) KEC Stock 4,832,456 KEC Ullage 9,361,275 (End Report for April 6) 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. JONES