Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) and Wafra Joint Operations (WJO) will resume crude oil production in the Saudi-Kuwaiti divided zone in 2020, starting gradually but targeting year-end production of 325,000 b/d. The two countries agreed to terms Dec. 24, 2019. Production was suspended at KJO in October 2014 and WJO in May 2015. Combined capacity is estimated at 500,000 b/d.
KJO, a partnership of Kuwait Gulf Oil Co. (KGOC) and Aramco Gulf Oil Co. (AGOC), manages offshore operations in a 7,000-sq km area of the partitioned zone between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. WJO, partnering KGOC and Saudi Arabian Chevron, manages production in the 5,000-sq km onshore portion of the partitioned zone.
KJO includes four major fields—Khafji, Hout, Lulu, and Dorra—with production and potential production horizons including First Bahrain sand, Second Bahrain sand, Ratawi limestone, Ahmadi limestone, Mauddud limestone, Wara sand, and Zubair sand.
WJO includes six major fields—Wafra, South Fuwaris, South Umm-Gudair, Humma, Arq, and North Wafra—with producing and potential producing reservoirs including First Eocene, Second Eocene, Maastrichtian, Hartha (Lower Senonean), Ahmadi sand, Wara sand, Third Burgan, Ratawi sand, Ratawi limestone, Ratawi oolite, and Marrat.