After years of delay, the first offshore exploration drilling platform now rests at its location in Kuwaiti waters in the northeast of the country, marking the inauguration of a new era for offshore exploration drilling in Kuwait.<\/p>\n
A local Arabic daily quoting sources, expect the start of exploratory drilling operations within 3 to 4 weeks, after ensuring everything is installed and secured and in place; surveys were conducted to ensure that there were no obstacles.<\/p>\n
Acting CEO of the Kuwait Oil Company Khaled Al-Otaibi told the daily that at the moment 6 exploration wells are to be drilled and will gradually reach 16, indicating the company’s readiness to prepare all logistical operations from the Shuaiba port.<\/p>\n
It is noteworthy that a large space has been rented for logistic works, while the second drilling rig is expected to arrive within 6 months of the first rig begins work, by the end of this year or early 2023. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After years of delay, the first offshore exploration drilling platform now rests at its location in Kuwaiti waters in the northeast of the country, marking the inauguration of a new era for offshore exploration drilling in Kuwait. A local Arabic daily quoting sources, expect the start of exploratory drilling operations within 3 to 4 weeks, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":99005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[2709,60,4417],"class_list":["post-99004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-local","tag-koc","tag-kuwait","tag-timeskuwait"],"yoast_head":"\n