Asab Oil Field (United Arab Emirates)

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Asab Oil Field (عصب) is an operating oil field in United Arab Emirates.

Along with Bu Hasa Oil and Gas Field (United Arab Emirates) and Habshan Oil and Gas Field (United Arab Emirates), Asab Oil Field is a part of the Rich Gas Development Oil and Gas Project (United Arab Emirates).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Asab Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Asab	operating	Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADNOC)	BP PLC [10%]; Other [12%]; Abu Dhabi National Oil Co [60%]; China National Petroleum Corp [8%]; TotalEnergies SE [10%]	1965	–	1970	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Asab Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	estimated reserves	10500.0	million bbl	1993	​

Table 3: Production from Asab Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	164.25	million bbl/y	2020	​
production design capacity	oil	219.0	million bbl/y	2013	​
production design capacity	oil	244.55	million bbl/y	–	​

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Asab Oil Field

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rub Al Khali	onshore, United Arab Emirates	onshore	23.32, 54.143 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Rich Gas Development Oil and Gas Project (United Arab Emirates):

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