Balal Oil and Gas Field (Iran)

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Balal Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Iran.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Balal Oil and Gas 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
Balal	Operating	Iranian Offshore Oil Company	National Iranian Oil Company (100.0%)	1967	–	2003	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Balal Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
condensate	condensate in place	3.1	million bbl	2007	​
condensate	recoverable reserves	2.2	million bbl	2007	​
condensate	condensate in place	3.4	million bbl	2007	​
condensate	recoverable reserves	2.2	million bbl	2007	​
gas condensate	recoverable reserves	183	million bbl	[not stated]	​
oil	oil in place	530	million bbl	2007	​
oil	recoverable reserves	167.1	million bbl	2007	​
oil	primary reserves	111.4	million bbl	2007	​
oil	secondary reserves	55.7	million bbl	2007	​
oil	remaining reserves	55.7	million bbl	2007	​
oil	reserves	100	million bbl	2001	​

Table 3: Production from Balal 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	14.6	million bbl/y	2021
production design capacity	gas	5110	million m³/y	2022

Location

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

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Iran	Offshore	26.3028, 52.5359 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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