[11/March/2010]
KUWAIT, March 11 (Saba) -- A Kuwaiti oil official dismissed here Thursday recent Iranian reports on an Iranian offer to Kuwait on a production mechanism for some offshore oil fields, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) has reported.

"The State of Kuwait has not received any offer in this respect, and any upcoming negotiations will be restricted to the delineation of the eastern boundary of the submerged area which is adjacent to the divided area, rather than the issue of production," Assistant Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of
Oil for Technical Affairs Ali bin Sabt told KUNA.

Some Iranian newspapers have recently quoted Iranian Offshore Oil Company Chairman Mahmood Zirakchianzade as alleging that Iran had offered Kuwait a mechanism for production of some offshore oilfields.

Saba