Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03KUWAIT965
2003-03-18 07:23:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/17/03

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C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000965 

SIPDIS

STATE 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: X5, X6
TAGS: EPET KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/17/03

REF: KUWAIT 918 AND PREVIOUS

Classified By: DCM Frank Urbancic for reasons 1.5 (b) and (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000965

SIPDIS

STATE 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: X5, X6
TAGS: EPET KU
SUBJECT: KUWAIT OIL SITREP 3/17/03

REF: KUWAIT 918 AND PREVIOUS

Classified By: DCM Frank Urbancic for reasons 1.5 (b) and (D)

1.(C) Following is complete, unedited data set received from
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation afternoon of 3/17/03.
Explanatory comments follow at para 2.

Begin Report

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
Daily Crude Production
All figures in bbls

This report covers activities from 0500 3/16/03 to 0500
3/17/00

Total Kuwait
Production 2,438,819
KOC Proper:
South East: 1,373,889
West: 322,812
North: 423,342
Total: 2,120,043

Wafra Joint Operations:
R/B to KOC 114,272
R/B to KNPC 18,004
R/B to SAT 0
R/B total 132,276
Eocene 33,500

KGOC:
Khafji 132,500
Hout 20,500

KEC Receipt 2,233,824 (API 30.9, Salt PTB 24.3)
KEC Stock 4,502,279
KEC Ullage 9,691,452

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 appears to refer to pounds of salt per
thousand barrels of crude oil; however, a senior KPC official
tells us the 'T' is extraneous and the term refers to 'parts
per billion.'


3. (SBU) NOTE: Post intends to distribute sitreps such as
this 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