Report summary
Kuwait is a key oil producing country located between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Production costs are amongst the lowest in the world. Oil is produced from a few giant oil fields. Greater Burgan accounts for around 50% of the country's oil output. Development is currently focused on the Jurassic gas and heavy oil fields in the Northern Fields.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Key facts
- Location maps
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Key companies
- Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
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International investors
- Majors
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Geology
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Introduction
- Regional tectonic framework
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Widyan basin
- Reservoirs
- Source rocks
- Seals
- Field structures
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Major petroleum plays - Widyan Basin
- Minagish Formation
- Ratawi Formation
- Zubair Formation
- Burgan Formation
- Mauddud Formation
- Wara Formation
- Mishrif Formation
- Marat Formation (Early Jurassic, Hettangian-Toarcian)
- Radhuma Formation (Eocene)
- Source Rocks and Petroleum Type
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Introduction
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Exploration
- Licensing
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
- Future onshore
- Future offshore
- Reserves and resources
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Production
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Oil/Liquids
- Future Production
- Historical production
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Gas
- Future production
- Historical production
- Emissions
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Oil/Liquids
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Infrastructure
- Introduction
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Oil infrastructure
- Oil gathering systems
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Oil refineries
- Shuaiba
- Al Zour
- Oil export terminals
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Gas infrastructure
- Jurassic non-associated gas
- LNG import terminal
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Costs
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Capital costs
- Capital expenditure by location
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Operating costs
- Operating expenditure by location
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Capital costs
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Policy and regulation
- Key legislation
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Key facts
- Regulatory body
- State oil company
- State participation
- Partitioned Zone
- Regulatory body
- State oil company
- State participation
- International boundaries
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Fiscal terms
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Overview
- Upstream
- Mid/Downstream
- Current fiscal terms
- Royalty
- Fiscal Levy
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Overview
Tables and charts
This report includes 21 images and tables including:
- Key facts: Table 1
- Location maps: Image 1
- Reserves and resources: Table 1
- Oil, Other Liquids and Gas Reserves
- Reserves and resources: Table 2
- Kuwait Infrastructure Map
- Fiscal terms: Table 1
- Reserves and contingent resources at 01/01/2024
- Liquids and Gas Production 2023
- Geological map of Kuwait
- Kuwait Generalised Stratigraphy (Widyan Basin)
- Drilling Activity by Well Type
- Liquid Production
- Production: Table 1
- Production: Table 2
- Production: Table 3
- Production: Table 4
- Gas Production
- Infrastructure: Table 1
- Capital Expenditure by Region (US$ Million)
- Operating Expenditure by Region (US$ Million)
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