VOL. XL

No. 22

2-June-1997

SAUDI ARABIA/KUWAIT

Onshore Neutral Zone Output Reaches 240,000 B/D;Projected To Rise To 400,000 B/D

Oil production from the onshore fields in the Saudi-Kuwaiti Partitioned NeutralZone (PNZ) has now risen to 240,000 b/d, following the bringing back on-stream earlier thisyear of heavy Eocene crude production from the Wafra field at a rate of around 30,000 b/d, accordingto reports from Kuwait. The onshore oilfields in the PNZ - South Umm Gudair, Wafra and SouthFuwaris -...