{"id":333587,"date":"2026-02-04T11:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/kuwait-invites-foreign-oil-companies-for-offshore-fields\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:54:59","slug":"kuwait-invites-foreign-oil-companies-for-offshore-fields","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/kuwait-invites-foreign-oil-companies-for-offshore-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait invites foreign oil companies for offshore fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kuwait has taken a significant step towards the internationalization of its energy operations. During the opening of the Kuwait Oil and Gas Show, Prime Minister Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah announced that the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) will invite major international oil companies to collaborate on the development of new offshore oil and gas discoveries.<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This move marks a shift towards models of cooperation with foreign capital, in a context where Kuwait is seeking to increase its productive capacity and accelerate the exploitation of marine resources. exploitation of newly discovered marine<\/a><\/strong> resources. The operation will be carried out by Kuwait Oil Company, a subsidiary of KPC, which will be in charge of leading the work in the offshore fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

KPC’s offshore fields and financial strategy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In parallel, KPC is in discussions with global financial institutions to structure a lease-and-leaseback model for its pipeline network pipeline network. This strategy would allow Kuwait to free up economic resources without losing operational control of its critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to previous reports, the deal could be worth up to US$7 billion<\/strong>, depending on the interest generated by the assets among international investment funds and banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regional alliance with Saudi Arabia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another initiative underway is the joint development of the Durra oil and gas field, located in waters shared between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Kuwaiti Oil Minister Tariq Al-Roumi said that tenders for this project will be launched this year, strengthening bilateral cooperation and underpinning regional energy security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This set of measures also positions Kuwait as a player more open to foreign investment, seeking to balance state control with private efficiency in a context of energy transformation and sustained global demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source and photo: Reuters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KPC is seeking foreign investment and regional alliances to accelerate offshore hydrocarbon exploitation and monetize its pipeline network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9014,"featured_media":333566,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-333587","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/333587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/333587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=333587"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=333587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}