Gum Deniz Oil Field (Azerbaijan)

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Gum Deniz Oil Field (Qum dəniz) is an operating oil field in Azerbaijan.

Along with Bahar Oil and Gas Field (Azerbaijan), Gum Deniz is a part of the Bahar Oil and Gas Project (Azerbaijan). Gum Deniz Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as Gum Deniz.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Gum Deniz Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Gum Deniz	Operating	Bahar Energy Operating Company	Bahar Energy (80.0%); SOCAR (20.0%)	1952	–	1955

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Gum Deniz Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
oil	remaining reserves	57	million bbl	2017

Table 3: Production from Gum Deniz Oil Field

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	192.79	million bbl	2011
production	oil	0.22	million bbl/y	2020

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Gum Deniz Oil Field

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Azerbaijan	40.324, 49.969 (exact)

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

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