TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 08, 2003

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001306

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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 08, 2003

REF: KUWAIT 1280 AND PREVIOUS

Classified By: DCM Frank C. Urbancic for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D)


1. (U) Local press reports today quote Kuwait Undersecretary
for Oil Issa Al-Aoun as saying that Kuwait will continue to
produce 2.44 million barrels of oil a day until further
notice to meet shortages in the international oil market. He
also told reporters that Kuwait will start supplying 25,000
barrels per day of crude oil to Jordan. He added that the
Kuwaiti crude would have to be mixed with Saudi crude so it
could be processed in Jordan's refineries.

2.(C) Following is the unedited data set provided by the
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) production on April 8,

2003. Explanatory comments follow at para 3.

(Begin Report)

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
Daily Crude Production
All figures in bbls

This report covers activities from 0500 04/07/03 to 0500
04/08/03

Total Kuwait
Production 2,418,938

KOC Proper:
South East: 1,332,047
West: 354,286
North: 423,150
Total: 2,109,483

Wafra Joint Operations:
R/B to KOC 139,435
R/B to KNPC 0
R/B to SAT 0
R/B total 139,435
Eocene 36,520

KGOC:
Khafji 115,000
Hout 18,500

KEC Receipt 2,244,995 (API 30.6, Salt PTB 22.8)
KEC Stock 6,165,121
KEC Ullage 8,028,610

(End Report)

3.(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