Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field (Iraq)

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Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field (نهر بن عمر) is an operating oil and gas field in Iraq.

Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Nahr Umr, Nahran Omar.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Nahr Bin Umar 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
Nahr Bin Umar	Operating^[1]^[2]	Basra Oil Company^[3]	Basra Oil Company (100.0%)^[4]	1945^[3]	–	1975^[5]	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	reserves	339.8	million m³	[not stated]	^[3]
gas	reserves	22086.93	million m³	2024	^[2]
oil	1P reserves	6600	million bbl	2009	^[6]
oil	reserves	1000	million bbl	2024	^[2]

Table 3: Production from Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	16.43	million bbl/y	2009	^[6]
production	gas	1550.33	million m³/y	2023	^[7]
production design capacity	gas	3100.67	million m³/y	[not stated]	^[8]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field


Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Iraq^[9]	Onshore^[10]	30.58, 47.531 (exact)^[9]

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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