Zubair Oil Field (Iraq)

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Zubair Oil Field (زبير) is an operating oil field in Iraq.

Zubair Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as Zubayr.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Zubair Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Zubair	Operating	Eni S.P.A.	Eni S.P.A. (32.81%); Korean Gas Corporation (KOGAS) (18.75%); Missan Oil Company (25.0%); Basra Oil Company (23.44%)	1949	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Zubair Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
oil	reserves	4000	million bbl	[not stated]

Table 3: Production from Zubair Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production	oil	182.5	million bbl/y	2023

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Zubair Oil Field

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Iraq	30.4189, 47.608 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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