Majnoon Oil and Gas Field (Iraq)

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Majnoon Oil and Gas Field (مجنون) is an operating oil and gas field in Iraq.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Majnoon	operating	Basra Oil	Basra Oil Co [100%]	1975	–	2003	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Majnoon Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	recoverable reserves	12000.0	million bbl	2020	​
oil	resources in place	38000.0	million bbl	2020	​

Table 3: Production from Majnoon Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	78.47	million bbl/y	2016	​
production	oil	43.8	million bbl/y	2025	​
production design capacity	oil	146.0	million bbl/y	2025	​
production design capacity	oil	164.25	million bbl/y	2027	​

Location

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

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Iraq	onshore	31.224, 47.563 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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