[1] It manages Kuwait's share of the natural resources in the divided zone.

In 2003 KGOC took over the management of Kuwait DZ offshore area from the Arabian Oil Company Ltd.[4] In 2006 KGOC started to take over the operations in the Divided Zone from Kuwait Oil Company.

[3] The objective of Wafra Joint Operations is to conduct onshore activities in Wafra Divided Zone in cooperation with Saudi Arabia Chevron (SAC) which conducts exploration and production on behalf of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,[5] whereas Khafji Joint Operations' objective is to conduct onshore and offshore activities in Khafji Divided Zone[3] in cooperation with Aramco Gulf Operations,[6] which manages the interests of Kingdom Saudi Arabia.

SAC and KGOC operates the Wafra field together till it has been shut in May 2015.

[9] In 2017 KGOC commissioned a multi-year integrated geoscience study, conducted by CGG and experts from KGOC, to generate a exploration portfolio catalogue in the onshore Partitioned Zone (PZ).