Abu Gharb Oil Field (Iraq)

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Abu Gharb Oil Field (ابو غرب) is an operating oil field in Iraq.

Along with Bazerkan Oil Field (Iraq) and Fakkah Oil Field (Iraq), Abu Gharb Oil Field is a part of the Missan Oil Project (Iraq).

Abu Gharb Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as Abu Ghirab, Abu Ghraib.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Abu Gharb Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Abu Gharb	operating	CNOOC	Iraq Drilling Co [25%]; CNOOC Ltd [63%]; Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortakligi [11%]	1969	–	1976	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Abu Gharb Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	2P reserves	226.9	million bbl	2012	​
oil	STOIIP	1316.0	million bbl	2012	​

Table 3: Production from Abu Gharb Oil Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	185.2	million bbl	2011	​
production	gas	186.05	million m³/y	2025	​
production	oil	25.55	million bbl/y	2025	​

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Abu Gharb Oil Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Iraq	onshore	32.365, 47.306 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Missan Oil Project (Iraq):

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