Zubair Oil and Gas Field (Iraq)

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Zubair Oil and Gas Field (زبير) is an operating oil and gas field in Iraq.

Zubair Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Zubayr.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Zubair	operating	Basra Oil	Missan Oil Co [25%]; Eni SpA [32%]; Korea Gas Corp [18%]; Basra Oil Co [23%]	1948	–	1949	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Zubair Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	reserves	4000.0	million bbl	–	​

Table 3: Production from Zubair Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	4134.4	million m³/y	2023	​
production	oil	80.3	million bbl/y	2024	​
production design capacity	oil	255.5	million bbl/y	2025	​

Location

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

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Iraq	onshore	30.4189, 47.608 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Additional Data

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