Lulu Oil and Gas Field (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iran)

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Lulu Oil and Gas Field (اللولو) is an operating oil and gas field in Kuwait.

Along with Hout Oil and Gas Field (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia) and Khafji Oil Field (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia), Lulu Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Onshore Neutral Zone Oil and Gas Project (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia).

Lulu Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Esfandiar.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Lulu Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Lulu	operating	Khafji Joint Operations	Aramco Gulf Operations Co Ltd [50%]; Kuwait Gulf Oil Company KSC [50%]	1967	–	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Lulu Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	primary reserves	169.7	million bbl	2007	​
oil	secondary reserves	0.0	million bbl	2007	​
oil	oil in place	500.0	million bbl	2022	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Lulu Oil and Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
offshore, Kuwait	offshore	28.7747, 49.508 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Onshore Neutral Zone Oil and Gas Project (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia):

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