The Pazanan oil field is an Iranian oil and
natural gas field
A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.
Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the presence ...
that is located in 170 km South East of
Ahvaz
Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is home ...
in
Khuzestan province
Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it cover ...
of
Iran
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and between
Aghajari
Aghajari ( fa, آغاجاری, also Romanized as Āghājārī and Āghā Jārī; also known as Aghajari-e Zeydūn and Āqā Jarī) is a city and capital of Central District, in Aghajari County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its ...
and
Bibi Hakimeh fields. The field is discovered in 1936. It began production in 1974 and about 119
wells
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* Wells (name)
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England
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have been drilled in it. This field is one of huge retrograde
gas condensate reservoir in Iran. The total
proven reserves
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of the Pazanan oil field are around 50 trillion cubic feet (1430×10
9m
3) and production is slated to be around 750 million cubic feet/day (22×10
6m
3) and around 31000 bpd.
References
Natural gas fields in Iran
Oil fields of Iran
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