Kuwait discovers major oil and gas reserves

Kuwait discovers major oil and gas reserves
Reuters

Kuwait Oil Company discovers 800M barrels of oil and 600B cubic feet of gas at Al-Jlaiaa, boosting energy ambitions and plans for a 40% production capacity expansion.

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has discovered significant hydrocarbon reserves at the Al-Jlaiaa offshore field, with 800 million barrels of medium-density oil and 600 billion cubic feet of gas, according to Arabian Gulf Business Insight (AGBI).

This follows a July 2024 discovery at Al-Nokhatha field with 3.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent.

KOC is conducting a 6,000 sq km exploratory survey to locate more reserves. Kuwait, OPEC’s fifth-largest producer, aims to boost its current production capacity of 2.48 million barrels per day (bpd) to 4 million bpd by 2035. Despite global demand concerns, plans include a 40% capacity expansion, as stated by Khaled Al Sabah, CEO of Kuwait Oil Tanker Company.

Kuwait’s economy contracted 4% in Q3 2024 due to OPEC cuts and weak non-oil performance but is forecasted to recover in 2025, per the Kuwait Statistical Bureau.

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