North Kuwait Heavy Oil is a producing heavy oil field located onshore Kuwait and is operated by Kuwait Oil. According to GlobalData, who tracks more than 34,000 active and developing oil and gas fields worldwide, Buy the profile here.

Smarter leaders trust GlobalData

Report-cover

Premium Insights North Kuwait Heavy Oil Field, Kuwait

Buy the Profile

Premium Insights

The gold standard of business intelligence.

Find out more

Two expansion projects are associated with the North Kuwait Heavy Oil heavy oil field, namely the Umm Niqa Development and the South Ratqa Development. The expansion projects are currently in the construction stage.

Field participation details

The field is owned by Kuwait Petroleum.

Production from North Kuwait Heavy Oil

The North Kuwait Heavy Oil heavy oil field recovered 6.25% of its total recoverable reserves, with peak production expected in 2039. Based on economic assumptions, production will continue until the field reaches its economic limit in 2096. The field currently accounts for approximately 3% of the country’s daily output.

Contractors involved in the North Kuwait Heavy Oil heavy oil field

Some of the key contractors involved in the North Kuwait Heavy Oil project as follows.

EPC Contractors: Combined Group Contracting and Sayed Hamid Behbehani & Sons

Other Contractors: Heavy Engineering Industries & Shipbuilding and Gulf Spic General Trading & Contracting

About Kuwait Oil

Kuwait Oil Co (KOC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, is an upstream oil and gas company. It carries out the development, exploration, and production of crude oil and natural gas in Kuwait. The company also carries out onshore and offshore surveys, well drilling, and development of producing fields. It transports crude from the producing assets to the customers and manages shipping operations associated with the crude exports from Kuwait Ports. The company also provides marine technical support, firefighting services, oil spill combating, and consultancy services. It has operations in Kuwait and the UK. KOC is headquartered in Ahmadi, Al Ahmadi, Kuwait.

For more details on the North Kuwait Heavy Oil Heavy Oil Field, buy the profile here.

This content was updated on 7 February 2024

Premium Insights

From

The gold standard of business intelligence.

Blending expert knowledge with cutting-edge technology, GlobalData’s unrivalled proprietary data will enable you to decode what’s happening in your market. You can make better informed decisions and gain a future-proof advantage over your competitors.

GlobalData

GlobalData, the leading provider of industry intelligence, provided the underlying research used to produce this article.

This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Oil & Gas Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of 34,000+ oil and gas fields, 400,000+ exploration blocks, 1,100+ LNG terminals, 3,400+ gas processing plants, 5,000+ storage terminals, and 8,000+ pipelines, 1,400+ refineries and 13,000+ petrochemical plants worldwide.