Amara Oil and Gas Field (Iraq)

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Amara Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Iraq.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Amara 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
Amara	Operating	Missan Oil Company	Missan Oil Company (100.0%)	1973	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Amara Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	reserves	300	million bbl	2005	​

Table 3: Production from Amara Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	102.86	million m³/y	2016

Location

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

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Iraq	Onshore	31.7468, 47.0614 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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