Kuwait says Iran is no party to development works at disputed gas field
Kuwaiti authorities insist development works at a disputed gas field in the Persian Gulf should exclude Iran despite clear statements from Iranian authorities suggesting they will soon start tapping the field.
Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah said on Tuesday that Iran can be involved in talks on continental shelf demarcation related to the so-called Durra gas field which is located on maritime borders of Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
However, Sabah said that Iran cannot be a party to development works at the field.
He was quoted as saying by Kuwait’s official news agency Kuna on Twitter that the field is “exclusively owned by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia”.
The minister had said earlier in the day in a press briefing with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian that the Durra gas field is a tripartite issue between Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.
That comes as Iran says it has every right to develop the field, which it calls Arash, as authorities have rejected as “illegal” a recent agreement between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to jointly develop the field.
The two Arab countries plan to produce 1 billion standard cubic feet (28.3 million cubic meters) per day of gas and 84,000 barrels per day of condensates from the field under a deal signed on March 21.
However, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said on Monday that drilling works will soon begin at Arash, a field discovered in 1967 which is believed to be containing around 20 trillion cubic feet (566.3 billion cubic meters) of natural gas.
Owji said that Iran had already completed exploration works and seismic surveys at Arash, adding that production from the field will begin as soon as a jacket is installed on the offshore reservoir.
Iran announces electricity cuts amid fuel shortage at power plants
Iran ramps up gasoline output amid rising demand
Iran’s gasoline use up 7.4% y/y in Apr-Nov: NIOPDC
Enemy fears us, our weapons, fighters tell Hezbollah’s leader
VIDEO | Silencing anti-Israeli voices
Trump prepares to pull US out of Paris Agreement: Report
VIDEO | Protesters in Sydney demand end to military support for Israel
US, UK strike Yemen’s Hudaydah in support of Israel
VIDEO | 'Greater Israel' scheme in a nutshell
VIDEO | Resistance leaders commemorate Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah
VIDEO | Israel’s war against civilians
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
