Ahdab Oil and Gas Field (Iraq)

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Ahdab Oil and Gas Field (الاحدب) is an operating oil and gas field in Iraq.

Ahdab Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Humpback, Al-Ahdab.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Ahdab Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Ahdab	Operating	China National Petroleum Corporation	China National Petroleum Corporation (37.5%); Midland Oil Company; China ZhenHua Oil Co.	1979	–	2011	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Ahdab Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
associated gas	reserves	21237.43	million m³	[not stated]	​
oil	reserves	1000	million bbl	[not stated]	​

Table 3: Production from Ahdab Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million m³ = million cubic meters

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	gas	5000	million m³	2024
production	oil	51.1	million bbl/y	2012
production	oil	16.79	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	279.06	million m³/y	2023
production	gas	206.71	million m³/y	2024

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Ahdab Oil and Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Iraq	Onshore	32.424, 45.714 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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