Kirkuk Oil Field (Iraq)

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Kirkuk Oil Field is an operating oil field in Iraq.

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Kirkuk operating[1][2] North Oil Company[1] North Oil Company; BP PLC[3][4][3][4] 1927[5] 1934[5] conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kirkuk Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
oil remaining reserves 8900.0 million bbl 2010 [6]
oil recoverable reserves 9000.0 million bbl 2024 [2]

Table 3: Production from Kirkuk Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production oil 89.42 million bbl/y 2024 [7]

Location

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

Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Iraq[8] onshore[9] 35.832, 44.191 (exact)[8]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221013112649/http://www.oxfordenergy.org/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Iraqi-Oil-industry-evolution-and-short-and-medium-term-prospects-WPM-79.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/iraq-bp-plan-develop-kirkuk-oil-gas-fields-iraqi-pms-office-says-2024-08-01/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/bp-drops-oil-output-target-strategy-reset-sources-say-2024-10-07/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220529120901/https://www.ft.com/content/dd55468c-fc46-11e7-a492-2c9be7f3120a. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230412165851/https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/list-of-oil-and-gas-fields-in-iraq/oil-and-gas-fields-kirkuk/. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830150635/https://www.energyintel.com/pages/eig_article.aspx?DocId=692925. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/bp-iraq-deal-kirkuk-fields-use-profit-sharing-model-2024-08-20/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://www.earthdoc.org/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.20131460. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)