Faihaa Oil and Gas Field (Iraq)

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Faihaa Oil and Gas Field (الفيحاء) 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

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
Faihaa	Operating	Kuwait Energy	Kuwait Energy (70.0%); Dragon Oil (30.0%)	2014	–	2015	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Faihaa Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
hydrocarbons	2P reserves	914	million boe	2020	​

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
production	oil	36.5	million bbl/y	2024
production design capacity	oil	47.45	million bbl/y	2024

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
block 9	Onshore, Iraq	Onshore	30.7252, 47.7629 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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