Masjed Soleyman oil field

Masjed Soleyman oil field
Location of Masjed Soleyman oil field
Country	Iran
Region	Khuzestan Province
Offshore/onshore	Onshore
Coordinates	31°56′11″N 49°18′14″E
Operators	NISOC
Partners	NIOC
Field history
Discovery	1908
Production
Current production of oil	5,000 barrels per day (~2.5×10^^5 t/a)
Estimated oil in place	6,000 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 to the northeast of Ahvaz City.[2] It was the first oil field discovered in the 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 the MasjedSoleyman field is about 5,000 barrels per day (790 m^3/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 the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).[6]

See also

• List of oil fields

References

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.