Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field (Kuwait)

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Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field is an operating oil field in Kuwait.

Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as South Ratqa.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Ratqa/Lower Fars 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
Ratqa/Lower Fars	Operating	Kuwait Oil Company	Kuwait Oil Company (100.0%)	1980	–	2020	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	reserves	11000	million bbl	[not stated]	​
oil	EUR	1018	million bbl	[not stated]	​
oil	reserves	418.79	million bbl	[not stated]	​

Table 3: Production from Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	13.87	million bbl/y	2020

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Kuwait	Onshore	29.8895, 47.4224 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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