Kuwait’s national oil company has declared a state of emergency following an oil leak in one of its southwestern fields.
A statement by the Kuwait Oil Company did not identify the onshore field affected by the leak, which began earlier in the week.
The state-run Kuwait News Agency said the leak hit the al-Maqwa field.
The company said there was no sign of a toxic gas leak. It provided no details about how many barrels of oil had been spilled.
Opec member Kuwait is a major oil producer. The US Energy Information Administration said Kuwait produces about 2.7mn barrels of crude oil a day and holds the world’s sixth-largest oil reserves.
In August, Kuwait announced a spill at its Ahmadi field. A February fire struck another oil well after a spill.
