Luhais Oil Field (Iraq)

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Luhais Oil Field (اللحيس) is an operating oil field in Iraq.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Luhais	operating	Basra Oil	Basra Oil Co; Petrel Resources	–	–	1972	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Luhais Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	remaining reserves	670.0	million bbl	2010	​

Table 3: Production from Luhais Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	32.63	million bbl/y	2016	​
production	oil	51.1	million bbl/y	2024	​

Location

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

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Iraq	onshore	29.904, 46.952 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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