List of oil fields

This list of oil fields includes some major oil fields of

the past and present.

The list is incomplete; there are more than 65,000 oil

and gas fields of all sizes in the world.[1] However,
94% of known oil is concentrated in fewer than 1500
giant and major fields.[2] Most of the world's largest
USGS map of countries where oil is
oilfields are located in the Middle East, but there are
located
An oil refinery in Mina-Al-Ahmadi, also supergiant (>10 billion bbls) oilfields in Brazil,
Kuwait Mexico, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, and Russia.

Amounts listed below, in billions of barrels, are the estimated ultimate recoverable petroleum
resources (proved reserves plus cumulative production), given historical production and current extraction technology. Oil shale reserves (perhaps 3
trillion barrels (4.8 × 1011 m3)) and coal reserves, both of which can be converted to liquid petroleum, are not included in this chart. Other non-
conventional liquid fuel sources are similarly excluded from this list.

Oil fields greater than 1 billion barrels (160 million cubic metres)
 Recoverable
Production
Started oil, past and
Field Location Discovered Peaked (million Rate of decline
production future (billion
barrels/day)
barrels)

2005,[4]
Ghawar Field Saudi Arabia 1948[3] 1951[3] 88-104[6] 5[7] 8% per year[8]
disputed[5]

Burgan Field Kuwait 1937 1948 2005[9] 66-72[8] 1.7[10] 14% per year

65 (25
Ahvaz Field Iran 1958 1970s[11] .750[13]
recoverable)[12]

Production Extension
Upper Zakum oil Abu Dhabi, 1982[15][16] 50[15] (21
1963[14] still 0.750[15] planned to 1
field UAE (1967[14] ) recoverable[14] )
increasing MMb/d[17]

Gachsaran Field Iran 1927 1930 1974 66[18] 0.480

peaked in 2004 at
35[8] 18 billion 2.14 million
Cantarell Field Mexico 1976 1981 2004[19] .340 [20] barrels per day
recoverable
(340,000 m3/d)[20]
production
production
increasing, most
Ku-Maloob-Zaap Mexico 1979 1981 still .867 [21]
productive
increasing
Mexican oil field
Bolivar Coastal
Venezuela 1917 1922 30-32[8] 2.6-3[8]
Field

Aghajari Field Iran 1938 1940 28[22] 0.300

Brazil,
Lula Field Santos 2007 5-8 0.1
Basin
Kuwait/Saudi
Safaniya Oil Field 1951 30 1.2
Arabia
Esfandiar Field Iran 1965 30

Rumaila Field Iraq 1953 17[23] 1.3[23]

expanding from
Tengiz Field Kazakhstan 1979 1993 2010 26-40[8] .53[8] 285k to 1.3 m bpd
[24]

Kirkuk Field Iraq 1927 1934 8.5 0.480

Shaybah Field Saudi Arabia 1998 1998 15
Agha Jari Field Iran 1937 8.7 .200

Majnoon Field Iraq 1975 11-20[23] 0.5[23]

(depletion: 73%)
Russia, [26] 5% decline
Samotlor Field 1965 1969 1980[25] 14-16 0.844 [26]
West Siberia per year (2008 -
2014)[27]
production
Shaikan Sheikh Iraq production still
2009 2013 still 4-6 0.04
Adi Field Kurdistan increasing
increasing

Russia .301 (2006) depletion: 85%

Romashkino Field 1948 1949 in decline 16-17 [26] [26]
Volga-Ural

United
25 (~13
Prudhoe Bay States, 1967-68 1977 1988 [28] recoverable)
0.66 11% per year
Alaska
12 (6.5 billion
Sarir Field Libya 1961 1961
recoverable)
14% depleted,
Russia,
Priobskoye field 1982 2000 13 0.680 (2008) production rapidly
West Siberia
expanding[29]

Russia, 0.168 (2004) depletion: 81%

Lyantorskoye field 1966 1979 13 [26] [26]
West Siberia

[30]
Abqaiq Field Saudi Arabia 1940 1940 12 0.43[30]

6.5 [20] (19

Chicontepec Field Mexico 1926
certified)[31]
Berri Field Saudi Arabia 1964 12
0.18-0.25
West Qurna Field Iraq 1973 15-21 [23] (pot.)* civil
war [23]
Manifa Field Saudi Arabia 1957 11
Fyodorovskoye Russia,
1971 1974 11 1.9 (197x)
Field West Siberia
0-0.05
East Baghdad
Field
Iraq 1976 8 [23] (pot.)* civil
war [23]
Foroozan-Marjan Saudi
1966 10
(Iran) Field Arabia/Iran
Brazil,
Marlim Field Campos 1985 in decline 10-14 8% per year[32]
Basin
Awali Bahrain 1932 1
Azadegan Field Iran 1999 5.2
Marun Field Iran 1963 16 0.52
Mesopotamian
Kuwait 66-72
Foredeep Basin
Minagish Kuwait 1959 2
Raudhatain Kuwait 11
Sabriya Kuwait 3.8-4
Yibal Oman 1968 1
Mukhaizna Oil
Oman 1
Field
Dukhan Field Qatar 1939 2.2
Halfaya Field Iraq 2010 4.1
Az Zubayr Field Iraq 1949 6
Nahr Umr Field Iraq 1948 6
Abu-Sa'fah field Saudi Arabia 1963 6.1
Hassi Messaoud Algeria 1956 9
Bouri Field Libya 1976 1988 4.5 0.060
Kizomba Complex Angola 2
Dalia (oil field) Angola 1997 1
Belayim Angola >1
Zafiro Angola 1
Zelten oil field Libya 1956 1961 2.5
Agbami Field Nigeria 1998 2008 0.8-1.2
Bonga Field Nigeria 1996 2005 1.4
Azeri-Chirag-
Azerbaijan 1985 1997 5.4 0.684
Guneshli
Karachaganak
Kazakhstan 1972 2.5
Field

Kashagan Field Kazakhstan 2000 30 [33]

Kurmangazy Field Kazakhstan 6-7
Darkhan Field Kazakhstan 9.5
Zhanazhol Field Kazakhstan 1960 1987 3
Uzen Field Kazakhstan 7
Kalamkas Field Kazakhstan 3.2
Zhetybay Field Kazakhstan 2.1
Nursultan Field Kazakhstan 4.5
Ekofisk oil field Norway 1969 1971 2006 3.3 0.127
Troll Vest Norway 1979 1990 2003 1.4
Statfjord Norway 1974 1979 1987 3.4
Gullfaks Norway 1978 1986 1994 2.1
Oseberg Norway 1979 1988 2.2
Snorre Norway 1979 1992 2003 1.5
Mamontovskoye
Russia 8
Field
Russkoye Field Russia 2.5
Kamennoe Field Russia 1.9

Vankor Field Russia 1983 2009 3.8[34]

Vatyeganskoye
Russia 1.4
Field
Tevlinsko-
Russkinskoye Russia 1.3
Field
Sutorminskoye
Russia 1.3
Field
Urengoy group Russia 1
Ust-Balykskoe
Russia >1
Field
Tuymazinskoe
Russia 3
Field
Arlanskoye Field Russia >2
South-Hilchuy
Russia 3.1
Field
North-Dolginskoye
Russia 2.2
Field
Nizhne-
Russia 1.7
Chutinskoe Field
South-
Russia 1.6
Dolginskoye Field
Prirazlomnoye
Russia 1989 2011 1.4
Field
West-
Matveevskoye Russia 1.1
Field
Sakhalin Islands Russia 14
Odoptu Russia 1
Arukutun-Dagi Russia 1
Piltun-
Russia 1986 1
Astokhskoye Field
Ayash Field East-
Russia 4.5
Odoptu Field
Verhne-
Russia 1.3
Chonskoye Field
Talakan Field Russia 1.3
North-Caucasus Russia 1.7
Basin
United 5 (1.75
Clair oilfield 1977
Kingdom recoverable)
United
Forties oilfield 1970 5
Kingdom
Jupiter field Brazil 2008 7
Cupiagua/Cusiana Colombia 1
Boscán Field,
Venezuela 1946 1947 1.6
Venezuela
1.81
Pembina Canada 1953 1953
(recoverable)[35]
Swan Hills Canada
Rainbow Lake Canada
Hibernia Canada 1979 1997 3
Terra Nova Field Canada 1984 2002 1.0
United
Kelly-Snyder /
States, 1.5
SACROC
Texas
United
Bakken Oil Field States, North 1951 7.3 [36]
Dakota
3.0 (2.0 billion
United
recovered; 1.0
Yates Oil Field States, 1926 1926 1929
reserve
Texas
remaining)[37][38]
United
Kuparuk oil field States, 1969 6
Alaska
United
Alpine States, 0.4-1
Alaska
United
East Texas Oil
States, 1930 6
Field
Texas
United
Spraberry Trend States, 1943 10[39]
Texas
United
Wilmington Oil
States, 1932 3
Field
California
United
South Belridge Oil
Field
States, 1911 2[40]
California
United
Coalinga Oil Field States, 1887 1
California
United
Elk Hills States, 1911 1.5[40]
California
United
Kern River States, 1899 2.5[40]
California
United
Midway-Sunset
Field
States, 1894 3.4[40]
California
United
Thunder Horse Oil
States, Gulf 1999 1 0.25
Field
of Mexico
Kingfish Australia 1.2
Halibut Australia 1967 1
Daqing Field China 1959 1960 16 depletion: 90%
Jidong Field China 2.2
Tahe Field China 8
Nanpu Oil Field China 7.35
Wushi Oil Field China 2015
Equatorial
Zafiro Field 1995 2004 1[41]
Guinea

See also
Athabasca Oil Sands
Giant oil and gas fields
List of coalfields
List of natural gas fields
List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea
OAPEC
Oil megaprojects
Oil shale reserves
OPEC
Petrol

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