VOL. XXXVII

NO.6

8-NOVEMBER-1993

Kuwait/Saudi

New Oil Discovery In Saudi Arabia/Kuwait Neutral Zone

MEES is informed by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Oil that a new oil discovery hasbeen made in the Arabia Saudi/Kuwaiti Divided Neutral Zone. On 25 September, inthe course of drilling exploration well South Umm-Gudair DW-1, oil wasdiscovered for the first time in the Gotnia formation, which is equivalent tothe Arab Formation in Saudi Arabia, in the Divided Neutral Zone. The well testedat a production rate...