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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Umm Gudair Operating[1] Kuwait Oil Company[2] Kuwait Oil Company (100.0%)[3] 1962[4]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Umm Gudair Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil reserves 3200 million bbl 2000 [5]
oil EUR 2962.16 million bbl [not stated] [6]
oil reserves 835.81 million bbl [not stated] [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 Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Kuwait[5] 28.8579, 47.7164 (exact)[5]

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. "Kuwait". U.S. Energy Information Administration. November 2, 2016. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  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://web.archive.org/web/20240108233531/https://www.cccarto.com/oil/kuwaitoil/. Archived from the original on 08 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)