Saudi Arabia and Kuwait governments on Monday announced that Wafra Joint Operations has made a new oil discovery in the North Wafra Wara-Burgan field, located 5 kilometers north of Wafra field. “Crude oil flowed from the Wara reservoir in the North Wafra (Wara-Burgan-1) well at a rate exceeding 500 barrels per day, with an API gravity of 26 to 27 degrees,” the joint statement said. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia’s announcement marks the first oil discovery since the resumption of production operations in the partitioned zone and its adjacent offshore area in mid-2020.
