Qaiyarah Oil and Gas Field (Iraq)

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Qaiyarah Oil and Gas Field (القيارة) is an operating oil and gas field in Iraq.

Qaiyarah Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Qayyarah, Al Qayyarah.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Qaiyarah 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
Qaiyarah	Operating^[1]	Sonangol^[2]	Sonangol (75.0%); North Oil Company (25.0%)^[2]	1972^[2]	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Qaiyarah Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	reserves	800	million bbl	[not stated]	^[2]

Table 3: Production from Qaiyarah Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	oil	23.73	million bbl/y	2021	^[2]

Location

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


Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Iraq^[3]	Onshore^[1]	35.7963, 43.2779 (approximate)^[3]

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-qaiyarah-and-najmah-10207763/#:~:text=The%20Qaiyarah%20and%20Najmah%20fields,1930s%20but%20Najmah%20remains%20undeveloped. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230528132044/https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/list-of-oil-and-gas-fields-in-iraq/oil-and-gas-fields-qayara/. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240115024259/https://www.google.com/maps/place/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%84+%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B7+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9%E2%80%AD/@35.8017397,43.2654422,14z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x155323c6fd20152d:0xe7a9096975f306ee!8m2!3d35.7953532!4d43.2771659!16s%2Fg%2F11jft58v7j?entry=tts. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-qaiyarah-and-najmah-10207763/#:~:text=The%20Qaiyarah%20and%20Najmah%20fields,1930s%20but%20Najmah%20remains%20undeveloped. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20230528132044/https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/list-of-oil-and-gas-fields-in-iraq/oil-and-gas-fields-qayara/. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240115024259/https://www.google.com/maps/place/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%84+%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B7+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9%E2%80%AD/@35.8017397,43.2654422,14z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x155323c6fd20152d:0xe7a9096975f306ee!8m2!3d35.7953532!4d43.2771659!16s%2Fg%2F11jft58v7j?entry=tts. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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