Umm Gudair Oil Field (Kuwait)

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Umm Gudair Oil Field (أم قدير) is an operating oil field in Kuwait.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Umm Gudair Oil Field

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Umm Gudair operating[1] Kuwait Oil Company[2] Kuwait Oil Company Ltd [100%][3] 1962[4] – – conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Umm Gudair Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
oil reserves 3200.0 million bbl 2000 ​[5]
oil EUR 2962.16 million bbl – ​[6]
oil reserves 835.81 million bbl – ​[6]

Table 3: Production from Umm Gudair Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production oil 36.5 million bbl/y 2010 ​[5]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Umm Gudair Oil Field

Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Kuwait[5] onshore[7] 28.8579, 47.7164 (exact)[5]

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Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230413095242/https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/KWT. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210626223538/http://globalenergyobservatory.org/form.php?pid=39290. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210726233315/https://mecei.org/oil-and-gas-situation-in-kuwait-3/. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210626090141/https://onepetro.org/SPEMEOS/proceedings-abstract/11MEOS/All-11MEOS/SPE-140467-MS/149471. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20210727141947/http://globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/39290. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.cccarto.com/oil/kuwaitoil/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)