The Durra Offshore Field, A Key Component of Kuwait’s Marine Territory

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KUWAIT CITY, July 3: The marine area where Al-Durra offshore field lies is part of State of Kuwait’s sea territories, and its natural resources therein are shared between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, said an official source of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. It is only the State of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia that have exclusive rights to the natural resource of Al- Durra field, the source said in a press release. The source reiterated Kuwait’s call on the Iranian side to start negotiations over the demarcation of the marine boundary between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on the one hand and the Iranian side on the other hand.

Kuwait on Monday “categorically and totally” rejects purported Iranian procedures around the Al- Durra offshore gas field in the neutral zone joining the country with Gulf Arab neighbor Saudi Arabia. “We categorically and totally reject Iran’s planned activities around the premises of the Durra offshore gas field,” Minister of Oil Dr. Saad Al-Barrak said in a statement, emphasizing that only Kuwait and Saudi Arabia own “exclusive rights” to the field. Kuwait was “surprised” by Tehran’s plans and intentions, which “contravene the basic principles of international relations,” the minister underlined.

A Kuwaiti foreign ministry source had earlier urged the Iranian side to start negotiations over the demarcation of the marine boundary between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on one hand and Tehran on the other. The gas field, shared by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, has the potential capacity to churn out more than 80,000 barrels per day of condensates. (KUNA)

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