Ahvaz-Bangestan Oil Field (Iran)

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Ahvaz-Bangestan Oil Field is an operating oil field in Iran.

Along with Ahvaz-Asmari Oil Field (Iran), Ahvaz-Bangestan Oil Field is a part of the Ahvaz complex.

Ahvaz-Bangestan Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as Ahwaz.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Ahvaz-Bangestan Oil 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
Ahvaz-Bangestan	Operating	Karun Oil and Gas Production Company	National Iranian Oil Company (100.0%)	1953	–	1954	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Ahvaz-Bangestan Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	recoverable reserves	42000	million bbl	2018	​
oil	recoverable reserves	37000	million bbl	2019	​

Table 3: Production from Ahvaz-Bangestan Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	1200	million bbl	2019
production	oil	80.3	million bbl/y	2015

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Ahvaz-Bangestan Oil Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Iran	Onshore	31.3118, 48.8121 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Ahvaz complex:

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