Mansouri oil field

The Mansouri oil field is an oil field located in southwest Iran and 45km southeast of Ahvaz city.[1] It was discovered in 1963[2] and the production was started after installing production facilities in 1974.[3] Oil production of Mansouri field is about 110,000 barrels per day (17,000 m3/d).[4] Its oil reserves have been estimated at 3.3 bn barrels.[5] The field is owned by state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and operated by National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC).[6]

Mansouri oil field
Location of Mansouri oil field
CountryIran
RegionKhuzestan Province
Offshore/onshoreOnshore
Coordinates30°36′22″N 48°37′34″E
OperatorsNISOC
PartnersNIOC
Field history
Discovery1963
Start of production1974
Production
Current production of oil300,000 barrels per day (~1.5×10^7 t/a)
Estimated oil in place3,300 million barrels (~4.5×10^8 t)

See also

References

  1. "Mansouri Oil Field Output to Increase". Shana.ir.
  2. "Development contract of Mansouri oil field signed". thefreelibrary.com.
  3. "NISOC to develop Mansouri oilfield". NISOC.
  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.


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