Naft Shahr ( ku, نەفتشار, fa, نفت شهر; also known as Naft Shah, Naft Shāh, Naft-e Shah, Naft-e Shāh, Naft-i-Shah, Naft-ī-Shah) is a district of
Qasr-e Shirin County
Qasr-e Shirin County ( fa, شهرستان قصر شیرین) is in Kermanshah province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Qasr-e Shirin.Kermanshah Province of
Iran
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. It is a sub-district of
Sumar District
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. It is known for its oilfields.
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explorers found oil in Naft Shahr for the first time in 1931. According to Mehr news agency, Naft Shahr which is the only active oilfield in Kermanshah Province has estimated oil reserves of 692 million barrels.
well
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number 24 at the Naft Shahr oil field. It was put out in 38 days.
Oil field
Naft shahr oil field is located 72 km south of Qasr-e Shirin and 230 km south west of
Kermanshah
Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...
. This field is a common field between Iran and Iraq and provides a portion of Kermanshah's refinery feed. After Iraq-Iran war, reconstruction of the equipment at this refinery was incomplete and did not have safety equipment and measurement systems. The type of its oil is
light crude oil Light crude oil is liquid petroleum that has a low density and flows freely at room temperature. It has a low viscosity, low specific gravity and high API gravity due to the presence of a high proportion of light hydrocarbon fractions. It generally ...
West Texas Intermediate
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