Kuwait Oil Company announced the discovery of huge commercial quantities of light oil and associated gas in the Nokhatha offshore field, which is located east of Failaka Island in Kuwaiti economic waters.
The company said in a statement carried by the Kuwait News Agency that the initial estimated area of the field is approximately 96 square kilometers, pointing out that this discovery represents an important turning point in its ongoing efforts to explore hydrocarbon resources in the Kuwaiti marine region.
She explained that the daily production from the well (Nukhadha - 1) in the Manaqish geological layer amounts to about 2,800 barrels of light oil and 7 million cubic meters of associated gas.
It reported that preliminary estimates of the reserve of hydrocarbon resources present in Tabqa are estimated at approximately 2.1 billion barrels of light oil and 5.1 trillion standard cubic feet of gas, equivalent to 3.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent. She pointed out that this data “is considered preliminary data” with great potential to enhance and increase the amount of hydrocarbon resource reserves in different layers and reservoirs in the discovered marine field.
She stated that the launch of the stages of the current marine exploration project was based on two-dimensional seismic surveys of the Kuwaiti marine region and geophysical and geological studies that were prepared to know the details of the earth’s layers and compositions, identify and secure the best marine drilling sites, and prepare for logistical operations.
She revealed that the marine area represents approximately one-third of the total land area of the State of Kuwait, with an area of more than 6,000 square kilometers, while the current phase of exploration includes drilling 6 exploratory wells to explore for oil and gas as a first phase, and based on the results of drilling in this phase, the subsequent phases will be determined successively. .
She stressed the importance of the marine exploration project as a national project that aims to enhance the State of Kuwait’s reserves of hydrocarbon resources, in addition to ensuring the sustainability of the availability of new hydrocarbon resources to meet global demand and raising Kuwait’s position as a reliable oil and gas producing country on the global level.
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