Kirkuk Oil Field (Iraq)

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Kirkuk Oil Field is an operating oil field in Iraq.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Kirkuk 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
Kirkuk	Operating	North Oil Company	North Oil Company; BP	1927	–	1934	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kirkuk Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	remaining reserves	8900	million bbl	2010	​
oil	recoverable reserves	9000	million bbl	2024	​

Table 3: Production from Kirkuk Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	89.42	million bbl/y	2024

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Kirkuk Oil Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Iraq	Onshore	35.832, 44.191 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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