Asab Oil Field (United Arab Emirates)

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Asab Oil Field is an operating oil field in United Arab Emirates.

Along with Bu Hasa Oil Field (United Arab Emirates) and Shah Gas Field (United Arab Emirates), Asab is a part of the Bab/Bu Hasa/Shah/Asab complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Asab Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Asab Operating[1] Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADNOC)[2][2][3] Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (60.0%); BP (10.0%); TotalEnergies (10.0%); CNPC (8.0%); Other (12.0%)[4] 1965[4] 1970[5]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Asab Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil estimated reserves 10500 million bbl 1993 [6]

Table 3: Production from Asab Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
production design capacity oil 219 million bbl/y 2013 [7]
production design capacity oil 244.55 million bbl/y [not listed] [8]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Asab Oil Field

Basin Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rub Al Khali Onshore, United Arab Emirates[9] 23.32, 54.143 (exact)[9]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Bab/Bu Hasa/Shah/Asab complex:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. "United Arab Emirates: Oil & Gas Laws and Regulations 2021". ICLG. 2021. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221011002325/https://www.inpex.co.jp/english/ir/library/pdf/presentation/e-Presentation20200213-b.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20211019192745/https://www.adnoc.ae/en/adnoc-drilling/our-assets/our-operation-sites. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Oil and Gas in the UAE" (PDF). BADR Investments. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20230520073437/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asab_oil_field. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20141221174517/http://archives.datapages.com:80/data/specpubs/fieldst3/data/a022/a022/0001/0050/0069.htm. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20201028033504/https://www.meed.com/sas-oilfield-development-project-asab-field/. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://www.dmsprojects.net/uae/projects/adnoc-onshore-asab-full-field-development-ii-stage-2/PRJ00026260. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Sadoon Morad (August 1, 2012). "Impact of diagenesis on the spatial and temporal distribution of reservoir quality in the Jurassic Arab D and C Members, offshore Abu Dhabi oilfield, United Arab Emirates". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.