US embassy cable - 03KUWAIT1162

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TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 30, 2003

Identifier: 03KUWAIT1162
Wikileaks: View 03KUWAIT1162 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kuwait
Created: 2003-03-30 15:04:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: EPET KU
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 001162 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR TASK FORCE 1 - EB ACTION OFFICER 
STATE ALSO FOR EB/ESC AND NEA/ARP 
TREASURY FOR OASIA 
USDOC FOR 4520/MAC/AME 
DOE FOR IE - L. COBURN AND C. WASHINGTON 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 1.6 X5, X6 
TAGS: EPET, KU 
SUBJECT: TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 30, 2003 
 
REF: KUWAIT 1148 AND PREVIOUS 
 
Classified By: DCM Frank C. Urbancic for reasons 1.5. (B) and (D) 
 
1. (C) Detailed Kuwaiti production figures are unavailable 
today, but total production is understood to remain above 2.4 
million barrels per day. 
 
2. (C) A senior KPC official confirmed today that all three 
refineries of the Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation (Mina 
Al-Ahmadi, Mina Al-Abdulla and Shuaiba) have resumed full 
operations and are refining some 915,000 barrels of oil per 
day.  All three trains at the LPG plant are also operating 
normally.  On March 21, KPC had reported that it had scaled 
back operations to 625,000 bpd and closed one LPG train due 
to the threat of missile attacks.  However, the KPC official 
noted the firm's continuing nervousness over the security of 
its refinery operations, particularly in the light of the 
explosion of an Iraqi missile early in the morning of March 
29 which caused some minor damage to a Kuwait City shopping 
mall.  The shopping mall is less than 20 miles 
north-northwest of the refinery complex. 
JONES 

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