Kuwait has acknowledged defeat on its bid to increase production capacity to 4mn b/d by 2020. The cornerstone of this was Kuwait Oil Company’s 3.65mn b/d target, but in late-2018 this was pushed back to at least 2023. The next planned milestone is the mid-2019 start of the Lower Fars Phase One Heavy Oil development. A new team at the top will have to contend with an increasingly agitative parliament.
| Crude Output | 2.67 | mn b/d |
| Crude Exports | 1.99 | mn b/d |
| Gas Output | 1.69 | mn cfd |
| Gas Imports | 0.44 | mn cfd |
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Project delays have taken their toll on KOC’s output capacity, with 2020 targets missed. Capacity for heavy oil has reached 60,000 b/d, but planned offshore drilling has yet to start.
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