Faihaa Oil and Gas Field (Iraq)

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Faihaa	Operating^[1]^[2]	Kuwait Energy^[3]	Kuwait Energy (70.0%); Dragon Oil (30.0%)^[3]	2014^[4]	–	2015^[5]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Faihaa Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent
Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
hydrocarbons	2P reserves	914	million boe	2020	^[6]

Table 3: Production from Faihaa Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production	oil	2.31	million bbl/y	2016	^[7]
production design capacity	oil	47.45	million bbl/y	2024	^[8]

Location

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


Concession/Block	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
block 9^[1]	Onshore, Iraq^[9]	30.7252, 47.7629 (approximate)^[9]

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221127120401/https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2015/02/17/dragon-oil-updates-on-operations/. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210625223908/https://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/134955/kuwait_energy_discovers_oil_at_faihaa1_well_in_block_9_in_basra_iraq/. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210626102452/https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-faihaa-block-9-33192531. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220817103757/http://www.uegl.com.hk/en/chairman. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "IEITI 2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Iraqi Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
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[autoref_0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220704080828/https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2019/06/04/production-to-increase-at-al-faihaa-oilfield/. Archived from the original on 04 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_1-2] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240120040640/https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/oil-gas-field-profile-block-9-conventional-oil-field-iraq/. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221127120401/https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/2015/02/17/dragon-oil-updates-on-operations/. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_3-4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210625223908/https://www.rigzone.com/news/oil_gas/a/134955/kuwait_energy_discovers_oil_at_faihaa1_well_in_block_9_in_basra_iraq/. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_4-5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20210626102452/https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-faihaa-block-9-33192531. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_5-6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20220817103757/http://www.uegl.com.hk/en/chairman. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[https://eiti.org/files/documents/iraq_2016_eiti_report.pdf-7] "IEITI 2016 Annual Report" (PDF). Iraqi Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.

[autoref_6-8] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20240120040834/https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/IRQ. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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