Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field (Kuwait)

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Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field is an operating oil field in Kuwait.

Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as South Ratqa.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Ratqa/Lower Fars	operating	Kuwait Oil Company	Kuwait Oil Company Ltd [100%]	1980	–	2020	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	reserves	11000.0	million bbl	–	​
oil	EUR	1018.0	million bbl	–	​
oil	reserves	418.79	million bbl	–	​

Table 3: Production from Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	13.87	million bbl/y	2020	​

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Ratqa/Lower Fars Oil Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Kuwait	onshore	29.8895, 47.4224 (exact)

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Additional Data

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