Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field (Iraq)

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Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field (الغراف) is an operating oil and gas field in Iraq.

Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Gharaf.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Al Gharaf	operating^[1]^[2]^[3]	Petroliam Nasional^[4]	North Oil Company [25%]; Japex Gharaf Ltd [30%]; Petroliam Nasional Bhd [45%]^[5]^[5]^[5]	1984^[2]	–	2013^[5]	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	reserves	930.0	million bbl	–	^[2]

Table 3: Production from Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	32.85	million bbl/y	2019	^[2]
production	oil	36.5	million bbl/y	2021	^[6]
production	oil	73.0	million bbl/y	2024	^[7]
production	gas	382.43	million m³/y	2025	^[1]
production design capacity	oil	83.95	million bbl/y	2024	^[8]
production design capacity	gas	1447.04	million m³/y	–	^[1]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field


Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Iraq^[9]	onshore^[10]	31.73, 45.566 (exact)^[9]

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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