The Azadegan oil field is an oil field in
Iran
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. It is located west of
Ahvaz
Ahvaz (; ) is a city in the Central District of Ahvaz County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is home to Persians, Arabs and other groups such as Qashqai and Kurds. Languages spok ...
, near the
Iraq
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i border.
History
The first exploration well was drilled in the field in 1976, but its discovery was finalized after drilling the second well in 1999. The field has an approximate area of .
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Reserves
Iranian authorities claim that the Azadegan field has oil-in-place reserves of about and recoverable resources estimated at about .[
] It is one of the NIOC Recent Discoveries
Proven oil reserves in Iran, according to its government, rank fourth largest in the world at approximately as of 2013, although it ranks third if Canadian reserves of unconventional oil are excluded. This is roughly 10% of the world's total ...
and the biggest oil field found in Iran in the last 30 years.
Sarvak, Kazhdomi, Godvan, and Fahilan are productive layers of the field. The current production is .[ Crude oil produced by the Fahilan layer is light while the other layers yield heavy crude.]
See also
*Yadavaran Field
The Yadavaran Field is an oil field in Khuzestan, Iran. Discovered by the NIOC, it is made up of two former fields, Koushk (discovered in 2000) and Hosseinieh (discovered in 2002). After researchers discovered that the two fields were actually ...
*World Largest Gas Fields
This list of natural gas fields includes major fields of the past and present.
N.B. Some of the items listed are basins or projects that comprise many fields (e.g. Sakhalin has three fields: Chayvo, Odoptu, and Arkutun-Dagi).
25 largest conve ...
*NIOC Recent Discoveries
Proven oil reserves in Iran, according to its government, rank fourth largest in the world at approximately as of 2013, although it ranks third if Canadian reserves of unconventional oil are excluded. This is roughly 10% of the world's total ...
*South Pars Gas Field
The South Pars/North Dome field is a natural-gas condensate field located in the Persian Gulf. It is by far the world's largest natural gas field, IEA, World Energy Outlook 2008 - Chapter 12 - Natural gas resources and production prospects, p.29 ...
*Iran Natural Gas Reserves
According to the Iran Petroleum Ministry, the proved natural gas reserves of Iran are about or about 17.8% of world's total reserves, of which 33% are as associated gas and 67% is in non associated gas fields. It has the world's second larg ...
*North Pars
North Pars Gas Field () is one of the biggest independent gas fields of the world. This field which was discovered in 1967 is located some 120 kilometers south east of Bushehr province in water depths of 2 to 30 meters in the Persian Gulf.
In 19 ...
*Golshan Gas Field
The Golshan gas field is one of the NIOC Recent Discoveries which is located at approximately 180 km south east of Bushehr, 65 km offshore the Persian Gulf. The volume of gas in place (GIP) of the field is estimated at 42 to 56 TCF.POGC Websi
O ...
*Ferdowsi Gas Field
The Ferdowsi Gas Field is one of the NIOC Recent Discoveries, located at approximately 190 kilometers southeast of Bushehr, 85 kilometers off the coast of Iran, in the Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, i ...
*Persian LNG
Persian LNG is the LNG project in Iran. It has been defined based on the reserves of the South Pars gas field. The project is developed by the National Iranian Gas Export Company.
Technical description
Persian LNG project consists of development ...
References
Other sources
AtimesNIOC
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Oil fields of Iran