據原油新聞2020年4月9日報道，科威特石油部長哈立德·法德爾9日在一次采訪中告訴標普全球普氏能源咨詢記者，最近重新開放的由沙特阿拉伯和科威特共同擁有的中立區的原油產量已經提前加大，中立區原油日產量年底前應該超過55萬桶，達到5年前中立區關閉時的總產量。

法德爾說，科威特在中立區哈夫吉油田的原油產量份額目前約為每天7萬桶，而科威特在沃夫拉油田的原油產量份額為每天6萬桶。由于沙科兩國平均分配中立區油田的產量，這意味著位于中立區這兩個油田的原油總產量約為26萬桶/天。

法德爾表示：“我們認為，到今年年底前，中立區原油日產量將達到甚至超過55萬桶，這是我們之前的目標。隨著新技術、新研究和新勘探技術的出現，我們實際上在尋求更多的原油產量。”

去年12月，科威特和沙特阿拉伯達成了一項協議，重新開放這些油田。

2014年關閉的海上哈夫吉油田由沙特阿拉伯國家石油公司旗下的阿美海灣作業公司和國有科威特石油公司旗下的科威特海灣石油公司共同擁有。

李峻 編譯自 原油新聞

原文如下：

Neutral Zone crude output could surpass 550,000 b/d by year-end

Crude production in the recently reopened Neutral Zone shared by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has ramped up ahead of schedule and by year-end should surpass the 550,000 b/d that it totaled prior to its closure some five years ago, Kuwaiti oil minister Khaled al-Fadhel told S&P Global Platts in an interview.

Kuwait's share of production at the Al-Khafji field is currently around 70,000 b/d, while the Kuwaiti share of Wafra field production is 60,000 b/d, he said. Since the two countries split output from the fields evenly, that implies that total production from the Neutral Zone is around 260,000 b/d.

"By the end of 2020, we think it will go to even more than 550,000 b/d, which was our previous target, which we used to produce when it was healthy," the minister said. "With new technology and new research and new exploration techniques, we are actually looking for more production."

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia brokered a deal in December to reopen the fields.

The offshore Al-Khafji, shuttered since 2014, is jointly owned by Saudi Arabia's Aramco Gulf Operations Co. and Kuwait Gulf Oil Co., a unit of state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp.