Masjed Soleyman oil field

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Masjed Soleyman oil field
Masjed Soleyman oil field is located in Iran
Masjed Soleyman oil field
Location of Masjed Soleyman oil field
CountryIran
RegionKhuzestan Province
Offshore/onshoreOnshore
Coordinates31°56′11″N 49°18′14″E / 31.93639°N 49.30389°E / 31.93639; 49.30389
OperatorsNISOC
PartnersNIOC
Field history
Discovery1908
Production
Current production of oil5,000 barrels per day (~2.5×10^5 t/a)
Estimated oil in place6,000 million barrels (~8.2×10^8 t)
Masjed Soleyman oilfield's First oilwell

The Masjed Soleyman oil field is an oil field located in Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, Iran[1] and in the north of Ahvaz City.[2] It was the first oil field discovered in Middle East. The field is a mature super-giant, which produces primarily from the prolific Oligocene Asmari horizons, a formation which underpins Iranian crude oil production. The National Iranian South Oil Company operates the field, as well as a number of other fields in the surrounding regions.[3] Oil production of MasjedSoleyman field is about 5,000 barrels per day (790 m3/d).[4] The field is estimated to contain 6.5 billion barrels of oil. So far 367 wells were drilled in the field, of which only 16 are currently operational.[5] The field is owned by National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).[6]

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  1. ^ "NISOC to Develop 27 Oil Reservoirs". Financial Tribune. 2017.
  2. ^ "Masjed-e-Soleyman fields". Wood Mackenzie.
  3. ^ "NIOC, CNPC Talk Masjed Soleyman Oilfield". FinancialTribune.
  4. ^ "Extraction of Crude Petroleum in Iran-Overview". mbendi.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 2005-11-19. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  5. ^ "Giant oil and gas fields" (PDF). rand.org. 2010. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  6. ^ "Iran - Onshore Oil & Gas Fields". The Free Library. 2014.