Kupal oil field

Kupal oil field
Country Iran
Region Khuzestan Province
Offshore/onshore Onshore
Operators NISOC
Partners NIOC
Field history
Discovery 1965
Start of production 1970
Production
Current production of oil 93,000 barrels per day (~4.6×10^6 t/a)
Estimated oil in place 5,600 million barrels (~7.6×10^8 t)

The Kupal oil field is an oil field located in Khuzestan Province, at 60 km east of Ahvaz City.[1] It was discovered in 1965 and the production was started after installing production facilities in 1970. The total proven reserves of the Kupal oil field are around 5,6 billion barrels.[2] The field has 60 km in length 1.5 km in width and includes two Asmari and Bangestan reservoirs. So far, 55 wells were drilled in this field, 39 wells are active, which produce totally 93,000 barrels per day (14,800 m3/d).[3][4] The field is owned by state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and operated by National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC).[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kupal Field". NISOC.
  2. ↑ "Gas Collection Project for Kupal Oilfield Made Operational". Shana.ir. July 25, 2003.
  3. ↑ "Extraction of Crude Petroleum in Iran-Overview". mbendi.com. 2010. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  4. ↑ "Giant oil and gas fields" (PDF). rand.org. 2010. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  5. ↑ "Iran - Onshore Oil & Gas Fields". The Free Library. 2014.

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