The Azadegan oil field is an oil field in
Iran
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. It is located west of
Ahvaz
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, 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 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.][shana.ir Monday, November 12, 200]
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See also
* Yadavaran Field
*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 conv ...
* NIOC Recent Discoveries
*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.298 ...
* Iran Natural Gas Reserves
* North Pars
* Golshan Gas Field
* Ferdowsi Gas Field
*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