Azadegan oil field | |
Location Map: | Iran |
Coordinates: | 31.32°N 48.53°W |
Country: | Iran |
Offonshore: | onshore |
Operator: | Arvandan Oil and Gas Company |
Partners: | NIOC |
Discovery: | 1999 |
Oil Production Bbl/D: | 40000 |
Est Oil Bbl: | 33200 |
Recover Oil Bbl: | 5200 |
Formations: | Sarvak, Kazhdomi, Godvan, and Fahilan layers |
The Azadegan oil field is an oil field in Iran. It is located west of Ahvaz, near the Iraqi border.
The first exploration well was drilled in the field in 1976, but its discovery was finalized after drilling the second well in 1999. The field has an approximate area of .[1]
Iranian authorities claim that the Azadegan field has oil-in-place reserves of about and recoverable resources estimated at about .[2] It is one of the NIOC Recent Discoveries and the biggest oil field found in Iran in the last 30 years.
Sarvak, Kazhdomi, Godvan, and Fahilan are productive layers of the field. The current production is .[2] Crude oil produced by the Fahilan layer is light while the other layers yield heavy crude.[3]