Saudi Arabia and Kuwait affirmed their right to exploit the Dorra gas field, and offered to negotiate with Iran to set the eastern boundary of the divided divided zone, according to the Saudi Press Agency, quoting a statement of the Kingdom's Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, Wednesday.
The Saudi statement stated that Riyadh and Kuwait stressed the continuation of work to implement what was agreed upon in a meeting held on March 21, when the two countries’ energy ministers agreed to “work to exploit the Dorra field located in the submerged divided zone.”
According to the statement, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait had previously sent invitations to Iran to negotiate the delineation of the eastern boundary of the divided submerged zone, "but these calls were not responded to."
"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of Kuwait, as one negotiating party, renew their invitation to the Islamic Republic of Iran to hold these negotiations," he added.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry had expressed its opposition to the cooperation document signed by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on March 21, and considered their agreement to exploit the field "illegal."
Tehran said that the "Arsh/Durra gas field" is a joint field between the countries of Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and that parts of it fall within the "unspecified waters between Iran and Kuwait", stressing that it reserves the right to exploit the field.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that the Kuwaiti-Saudi agreement contradicts previous negotiations with Kuwait to demarcate the borders of the field.
The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation says that the Al-Durra field is expected to produce one billion standard cubic feet per day of gas and 84,000 barrels per day of condensate.