Kuwait's Oil Minister Mohammad al-Olaim has declared that his country is to start its production of free gas from its gas fields.
Mohammad al-Olaim said production will start on Wednesday with a 50 million cubic feet (1.42 million cubic meters) per day of non-associated gas and will increase to 175 million cubic feet (five million cubic meters) 10 days later. Kuwait' ultimately plans to boost daily production to one billion cubic feet (28.4 million cubic meters) by 2015.
Plans had been to start in late December 2007, but were stymied by technical hurdles. Besides free gas, the emirate will also be producing 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) of light oil and condensates, AFP reported.
In March 2006, Kuwait announced the discovery for the first time of 35 trillion cubic feet (one trillion cubic metres) of free natural gas and about 10 billion barrels of light oil in its northern oilfields.
Mohammad al-Olaim said production will start on Wednesday with a 50 million cubic feet (1.42 million cubic meters) per day of non-associated gas and will increase to 175 million cubic feet (five million cubic meters) 10 days later. Kuwait' ultimately plans to boost daily production to one billion cubic feet (28.4 million cubic meters) by 2015.
Plans had been to start in late December 2007, but were stymied by technical hurdles. Besides free gas, the emirate will also be producing 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) of light oil and condensates, AFP reported.In March 2006, Kuwait announced the discovery for the first time of 35 trillion cubic feet (one trillion cubic metres) of free natural gas and about 10 billion barrels of light oil in its northern oilfields.
Source: PressTV
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