On April 1, 2000 and after Aramco Gulf Operations Company (AGOC) commenced its activities and took over the saudi Government share in the divided zone, AGOC and AOC which represented Kuwait government side carry out Joint Operations in accordance with a Joint Petroleum Production Operations Agreement (JPPOA).

Based on the JPPOA, two committees were established for the management of the Joint Operations of which the Joint Executive Committee(JEC) will be the supreme decision making body, deciding  on policy matters of the Joint Operations, including the operations program and Budget and the Joint Operating Committee(JOC) which will be for the supervision of the day-to-day operations and activities. Both committees are comprised of six members from both sides of the agreement.

The KJO worked right from the beginning to develop cooperation ties between the concerned Saudi and Kuwaiti parties particularly the officials in both countries. As a result, the KJO achieved consistency of performance and created the team spirit atmosphere among its employees.

It is worth mentioning that on Jan. 4, 2003, the AOC concession agreement with the Kuwait Government expired and the Kuwait Gulf Oil Company(KGOC) took over to run the Kuwati share in the undivided one half of the divided zone to mark the beginning of a new era of a joint operations between two national companies(Aramco Gulf Operations for running the Saudi share and the Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) for running the Kuwaiti share).