Riyadh: The Saudi Cabinet on Tuesday lauded the new oil discovery in the partitioned zone between Saudi Arabia and the State of Kuwait as a positive step towards further cooperation in the energy sector. This announcement was made during the Saudi Cabinet's meeting, chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
According to Kuwait News Agency, the cabinet stated that the recent oil discovery would lead to promoting Saudi-Kuwait cooperation in energy and continuing joint discovery and development efforts. The Governments of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia had declared a new oil discovery in the partitioned zone just a day before, as reported by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Oil.
They announced that Wafra Joint Operations had made a new oil discovery in the North Wafra Wara-Burgan field, located five kilometers north of the 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. API gravity is a scale that defines the gravity or density of liquid petroleum products.