Ahvaz-Asmari Oil Field (Iran)

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Ahvaz-Asmari Oil Field is an operating oil field in Iran.

Along with Ahvaz-Bangestan Oil Field (Iran), Ahvaz-Asmari Oil Field is a part of the Ahvaz complex.

Ahvaz-Asmari Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as Ahwaz.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Ahvaz-Asmari Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Ahvaz-Asmari	Operating	Karun Oil and Gas Production Company	National Iranian Oil Company (100.0%)	1953	–	1954	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Ahvaz-Asmari Oil Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	recoverable reserves	368115.53	million m³	2023	​
oil	recoverable reserves	10000	million bbl	2023	​
oil	original oil in place	27913	million bbl	2002	​
oil	remaining recoverable reserves	18000	million bbl	2014	​

Table 3: Production from Ahvaz-Asmari Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	219	million bbl/y	2023
production	oil	255.5	million bbl/y	2005
production	oil	273.75	million bbl/y	2014

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Ahvaz-Asmari Oil Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Iran	Onshore	31.3118, 48.8121 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Ahvaz complex:

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