Rumaila Oil Field (Iraq)

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Rumaila Oil Field (رميلة) is an operating oil field in Iraq.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Rumaila 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
Rumaila Operating[1][2] Rumaila Operating Organization[3][4] Basra Energy Company (100.0%)[5][1][3][6][7] 1953[5] 1954[1] Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Rumaila Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
oil reserves 17000 million bbl 2017 [8]
oil original oil in place 65000 million bbl 1953 [9]
oil reserves 17000 million bbl 2022 [3]

Table 3: Production from Rumaila Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
cumulative production oil 20000 million bbl 2009 [9]
production oil 529.25 million bbl/y 2016 [8][10]
production oil 518.3 million bbl/y 2022 [11][3]
production design capacity oil 511 million bbl/y 2024 [12]

Location

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

Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Iraq[13][3] Onshore[14] 30.5913, 47.3528 (exact)[13][3]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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