Qurna West 2 Oil Field (Iraq)

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Qurna West 2 Oil Field (غرب القرنة) is an operating oil field in Iraq.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Qurna West 2 Oil Field

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Qurna West 2 operating[1][2] Lukoil and North Oil[1] LUKOIL PJSC [75%]; North Oil Company [25%][1][1] 1973[3] – 2014[4] conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Qurna West 2 Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
oil recoverable reserves 12900.0 million bbl 2016 ​[5]
oil recoverable reserves 13000.0 million bbl 2019 ​[1]

Table 3: Production from Qurna West 2 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 733.0 million bbl 2019 ​[1]
production oil 146.0 million bbl/y 2023 ​[6]
production design capacity oil 292.0 million bbl/y 2025 ​[1]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Qurna West 2 Oil Field

Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Iraq[7] onshore[8] 30.655, 47.305 (approximate)[7]

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Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20220520175520/https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/west-qurna-2-project/. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240120040834/https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/IRQ. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230326235502/https://www.iraq-businessnews.com/list-of-oil-and-gas-fields-in-iraq/oil-and-gas-fields-west-qurna-2/. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230203234554/https://www.lukoil.com/Business/Upstream/Overseas/WestQurna-2. Archived from the original on 03 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ (PDF) https://www.lukoil.com/FileSystem/9/289049.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20250328164103/https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/lukoil-signs-deal-develop-iraqs-west-qurna-2-field-and-double-its-production.html. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.earthdoc.org/content/papers/10.3997/2214-4609.20131460. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)