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This list of oil fields includes major oil fields of the past and present. The list is incomplete; there are more than 40,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world[1]. Image File history File links Merge-arrows. ... ^ a b The Elephant of All Elephants . ... Image File history File links Portal. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... Drilling rig in a small oil field Near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 An oil field is an area with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. ... Petro redirects here. ... For other uses, see Natural gas (disambiguation). ...

USGS map of countries where oil is located.
USGS map of countries where oil is located.

However, 94% of known oil is concentrated in fewer than 1500 giant and major fields [2] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1047x551, 2257 KB) Oil endowment (cumulative production plus remaining reserves and undiscovered resources) for provinces assessed. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1047x551, 2257 KB) Oil endowment (cumulative production plus remaining reserves and undiscovered resources) for provinces assessed. ... The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ...


N.B. Some of the items listed are basins that are composed of many fields (e.g. Campos Basin). The largest discovered conventional oil field is the Ghawar Field (75-83 billion); some unconventional oil fields, such as Venezuela's Orinoco tar sands and Canada's Athabasca tar sands, contain even greater reserves. Nota bene is a Latin phrase meaning Note Well, coming from notâre—to note. ... Campos Basin is a petroleum system located offshore of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... Ghawar Field is an oil field in Saudi Arabia. ... Drilling rig in a small oil field Near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 An oil field is an area with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. ... The Orinoco Oil Sands, also known as the Orinoco Tar Sands, are deposits of oil sands located near the Orinoco River in Venezuela. ... Tar sands in Alberta The Athabasca Tar Sands is a large deposit of tar sands in north-western Canada located mainly in the province of Alberta and, to a much lesser degree Saskatchewan. ...


Amounts given are estimated ultimate recoverable resources (proved reserves plus cumulative production) in barrels. Non-conventional sources, such as Oil shale reserves are not included in this chart. “bbl” redirects here. ... Oil shale reserves are diversely spread through out the earth, being found on every continent with perhaps the exception Antarctica. ...

Selected oil fields
Country Province [3] Field Ultimate
Middle East
Abu Dhabi Rub Al Khali Basin Umm Shaif Field
Zakum Field 20 billion
Bahrain Greater Ghawar Uplift Awali 1 billion
Iraq Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin East Baghdad Field 11 billion
Kirkuk Field 16 billion
Majnoon Field 11-20 billion
Rumaila Field 20.5 billion
West Qurna Field 11-15 billion
Iran Abouzar Field
Aghajari Field 14 billion
Ahwaz Field 17 billion
Azadegan Field 3-6 billion
Balal Field
Darkhovin Field
Dehluran Field
Dorood Field
Esfandiar Field
Fereidoon Field
Gachsaran Field 15 billion
Marun Field 16 billion
Naftshahr Field
Nowrouz Field
Salman Field
Sirri Field
Yadavaran Field ~6 billion?
Kuwait Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin Burgan Field 66-72 billion
Minagish 2 billion
Raudhatain 6 billion
Sabriya 3.8-4 billion
Oman Fahud-Huqf Yibal 1 billion
Qatar Qatar Arch Maydan Mahzam 0.550 billion
Bul Hanine Field 0.690 billion
Greater Ghawar Uplift Dukhan Field 2.2 billion
Saudi Arabia Rub Al Khali Shaybah Field 15 billion
Abu Hadriya Field
Greater Ghawar uplift Abu-Sa'fah field 6.1 billion
Abqaiq Field 12 billion
Berri Field 12 billion
Dammam Field
Fadhili Field
Foroozan-Marjan Field
Ghawar Field 71 billion[4]
Harmaliya Field
Khursaniyah Field
Manifa Field 11 billion
Marjan Field
Qatif Field
Zuluf Field
The Neutral Zone Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin Safaniya-Khafji Field
Yemen Marib al Jawf Alif Field 0.5 billion
As'sad Al Kamil 0.14 billion
Masila Camaal
Tawilah
Sunah
Africa
Algeria Ghadames Bir Rebaa
Ouargla Hassi Messaoud 9 billion
Illizi Djanet
Berkine Ourhound
Hassi Berkine
Angola Lower Congo fan Kizomba Complex 2 billion
Dalia (oil field) 1 billion
Cobo/Pambi
Dikanza
Girassol
Kissanje
Nemba
Pacassa
Takula
Xikomba
Cameroon Rio del Rey Basin

[[2]] A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ... The Rub al Khali (الربع الخالي), or Empty Quarter, is the largest sand desert in the world, encompassing the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula, including southern Saudi Arabia, and areas of Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. ... Look up preston in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Awali is a small municipality located approximately in the centre of the Kingdom of Bahrain, a small island in the Persian Gulf. ... Tarim Basin, located in Xinjiang, China and is one of the largest drainage basins in the world. ... Kirkuk Field is an oilfield at Baba Gurgur (St. ... The Rumaila Field is an oil field in southern Iraq that also spills over into Kuwait, possession of this field led to disputes between Iraq and Kuwait and was one of reasons for Iraqs invasion of Kuwait in 1990. ... West Qurna is one of Iraqs largest oil fields, loacated north of Rumaila field, west of Basra. ... Marun Field is the second-largest oil field in Iran. ... Yadavaran Field is an oil field located in Khuzestan, Iran. ... The onshore Burgan Field in the desert of southeastern Kuwait is one of the worlds largest and richest oil fields. ... The Raudhatain oil field in an oil field in Northern Kuwait. ... Yibal is the largest oilfield in Oman. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Ghawar Field is an oil field in Saudi Arabia. ... Saudi Aramcos Qatif Project, the largest crude increment built in recent times, adds 650,000 bpd to the 150,000 bpd already produced from the Abu Safah field. ... The Iraq-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone The Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone was an area on the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, established by a treaty negotiated in the 1920s defining the borders between them. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... Ouargla (Arabic: ورقلة ) is a wilaya in southern Algeria. ... Hassi Messaoud (Arabic: حسي مسعود) is a town in eastern Algeria. ... Illizi (Arabic: ولاية اليزي ) is a wilaya in the south-eastern corner of Algeria. ... Djanet is an oasis city in south-west Algeria. ... Dalia oil field is an deep water oil field off the coast of Cabinda, Angola. ...

?
Congo African interior-rift basin M'Boundi oilfield  ?
The Central African Republic Ubangi river vally[citation needed] Boise 1[citation needed] ~ 1 million
Boise 2[citation needed] ~ 0.5 million
Egypt Red Sea rift / Gulf of Suez Badri
Belayim >1 billion
Belayim Marine ca. 0.5 billion
July (Oil field) ca. 0.5 billion
Ramadan (oil field) ca. 0.5 billion
Ras Budran
Morgan (oil field)
October (oil field)
Equatorial Guinea Niger Delta toe-Thrust Alba (oil field)
Zafiro ~ 1 billion
Rio Muni Basin Ceiba (oil field)
Gabon Oggoué Delta Etame
Rabi-Kounga 0.8 billion
Libya Sirte Basin Serir field 12.6 billion
Sirte Basin Zelten oil field 2.5 billion
Sirte Basin Waha field
Sirte Basin Raguba field
Murzuq Basin Elephant field 0.7 billion
Nigeria Niger Delta ca 250 fields, total : ca 36 billion
Agbami Field 0.8-1.2 billion
Johnston Field
Bonga Field 1.4 billion
Mauritania Mauritanian coastal Chinguetti Field ~ 120 million [[3]]
Toif field
Banda field
Omar field
Abdul Field
Mali Gao Graben Basin ?
Uganda Lake Albert Basin ?
Biruitorul[citation needed]
Europe and Former Soviet Union
Azerbaijan South Caspian Basin Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli 5.4 billion
Shah Deniz 2.5 billion
Kazakhstan Pre-Caspian Basin Tengiz Field 6-9 billion
Karachaganak Field 2.5 billion
Kashagan Field 13 billion
Kurmangazy Field 6-7 billion
Darkhan Field 9,5 billion
Zhanazhol Field 3 billion
South Torgay Basin Kumkol Field 0.1 billion
South Mangyshlak Basin Uzen Field 7 billion
Kalamkas Field 3,2 billion
Zhetybay Field 2,1 billion
Nursultan Field 4,5 billion
Norway Viking Graben (North Sea) Ekofisk oil field 3.3 billion
Troll Vest 1.4 billion
Statfjord 3.4 billion
Gullfaks 2.1 billion
Oseberg 2.2 billion
Snorre 1.5 billion
West of Helgeland (Norwegian Sea) Norne
Draugen
Russia Western Siberia Lowlands Samotlor Field 20 billion
Priobskoye field 13 billion
Lyantorskoye Field 13 billion
Fyodorovskoye Field 11 billion
Mamontovskoye Field 8 billion
Russkoye Field 2.5 billion
Vankor 1.6 billion
Vatyeganskoye Field 1.4 billion
Tevlinsko-Russkinskoye Field 1.3 billion
Sutorminskoye Field 1.3 billion
Urengoy group 1 billion
Ust-Balykskoe Field >1 billion
Vyngapurovskoye Field 0.9 billion
Yuzhno-Yagunskoye Field 0.8 billion
Lodochnoye Field 0.8 billion
Povhovskoye Field 0.8 billion
Vynga-Yahinskoye Field 0.8 billion
Salym Group 0.6-0.8 billion
Sugmutskoye Field 0.7 billion
Muravlenkovskoye Field 0.7 billion
Holmogorskoye Field 0.6 billion
Tagulskoye Field
Suzunskoye Field
0.6 billion
Varyeganskoye Field 0.5 billion
Novogodnee Field 0.5 billion
Pogranichnoye Field 0.5 billion
Pokachevskoye Field 0.4 billion
Kraynee Field 0.4 billion
Nivagalskoye Field 0.4 billion
Tazovskoye Field 0.4 billion
Sporyshevskoye Field 0.4 billion
Urievskoye Field 0.3 billion
Payakhskoye Field 0.3 billion
Kogalym Field 0.2 billion
Verh-Tarskoye Field 0.2 billion
Nong-Egan Field 0.2 billion
Druzhnoye Field 0.2 billion
Luginetskoe Field 0.2 billion
Kluchevskoye Field 0.1 billion
Ety-Purovskoye Field 0.1 billion
Shaimskoye Field
Megionskoe Field
Strezhevoe Field
Yuzhno-Surgutskoe Field
Zapolyarnoye Field
Volga-Ural Romashkino Field 16-17 billion
Tuymazinskoe Field 3 billion
Arlanskoye Field >2 billion
Shkapovskoye Field
Ishimbayskoye Field
Chekmagush Field
Sobolevskoye Field 0.8 billion
Unvinskoye Field 0.2 billion
Mishkinskoye Field
Mukhanovskoye Field
Chutyrsko-Koengorskoye Field
Osinskoye Field
Kokuyskoye Field
Kuedinskoye Field
Elabuzhskoye Field
Neftegorskoye Field
Buguruslanskoye Field
Bavlinskoye Field
Syzranskoye Field
Ufimskoye Field
Timan-Pechora Basin South-Hilchuy Field 3.1 billion
North-Dolginskoye Field 2.2 billion
South-Dolginskoye Field 1.6 billion
Prirazlomnoe Field 1.4 billion
West-Matveevskoye Field 1.1 billion
Haryaginskoye Field 0.6 billion
Usinskoye Field 0.6 billion
Varandeyskoye Field
Toraveyskoye Field
0.5 billion
West-Tebuk Field 0.4 billion
Yaregskoye Field 0.3 billion
Vozeyskoye Field 0.2 billion
Yuzhno-Shapkinskoye Field 0.15 billion
Tadinskoye Field 0.1 billion
Hilchuy Field
Inzyreyskoye Field
Yareiyuskoye Field
Peschanoozerskoye Field
Layavozhskoye Field
Vuktyl
Okhotsk Basin:
—Sakhalin Islands 14 billion
——Sakhalin-I Odoptu 1 billion
Arukutun-Dagi 1 billion
——Sakhalin-II Piltun-Astokhskoye Field 1 billion
——Sakhalin-III Ayash Field
East-Odoptu Field
4.5 billion
Katangli
Kolendo
Muhto
Mongli
Ohinskoye
Mirzoev
Sabo-West
Ekabi
Noglikskoye
Nabilskoye
Nutovskoye
1.5 billion
Pre-Caspian Basin Kurmangazy Field 6-7 billion
Filanovskogo Field 0.5 billion
Hvalynskoye Field 0.2 billion
Korchagina Field 0.2 billion
Pamyatno-Sasovskoye Field 0.2 billion
Zhirnovskoye Field
Korobkovskoye Field

Khazillian
Bahmetyevskoye Field
and other The Ubangi River (also Oubangi) is a major tributary of the Congo River in Central Africa. ... Badri is a Telugu film which is written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. ... The Sirte Basin is a late Mesozoic and Tertiary triple junction continental rift (extensional basin) along northern Africa that was initiated during the late Jurassic Period. ... The Sarir Field was discovered in southern Cyrenaica during 1961 and is considered to be the largest oil field in Libya, with estimated oil reserves of 12 billion bbl. ... The Sirte Basin is a late Mesozoic and Tertiary triple junction continental rift (extensional basin) along northern Africa that was initiated during the late Jurassic Period. ... The Zelten oil field (now known as the Nasser field) is located in the town of Zelten, at the foot of the Zelten Mountains, about 105 miles (169 km) south of Marsa El Brega in Concession 6. ... The Sirte Basin is a late Mesozoic and Tertiary triple junction continental rift (extensional basin) along northern Africa that was initiated during the late Jurassic Period. ... Waha field is an oil field located in Libya and owned by the Waha Oil Company (WOC), which is a subsidery of the National Oil Corporation (NOC). ... The Sirte Basin is a late Mesozoic and Tertiary triple junction continental rift (extensional basin) along northern Africa that was initiated during the late Jurassic Period. ... The Raguba field is an oil field located in the central part of Libyas Sirte Basin in Concession 20. ... The Elephant field (also known as the El Feel) is an oil field located in Libyas Murzuq Basin. ... The Bonga Field is an oilfield in Nigeria. ... For other uses, see Lake Albert (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the worlds largest lake or a full-fledged sea. ... Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (ACG) is a large complex of oil fields in the Caspian Sea, about 120 kilometres off the coast of Azerbaijan. ... Shah Deniz gas field is the largest natural gas field in Azerbaijan. ... Tengiz field, in western Kazakhstan, is located in the swamplands along the northeast shores of the Caspian Sea. ... Karachaganak Field is a gas condensate field in Kazakhstan. ... Kashagan Field is an oil field located in Kazakhstan. ... Kurmangazy is a Caspian oil field with estimated reserves of 0. ... Ekofisk is an oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. ... Troll is a gas and oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. ... Statfjord is an oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, operated by Statoil. ... Gullfaks is an oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. ... Oseberg is an oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. ... Snorre is an oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. ... Helgeland is a landscape in Northern Norway. ... The Norwegian Sea (Norwegian: Norskehavet) is part of the North Atlantic Ocean northwest of Norway, located between the North Sea (i. ... Samotlor Field is the largest oil field of Russia, located at Lake Samotlor in Urals Federal District, Siberia. ... Priobskoye is an oil field in Russia. ... Romashkino Field is an oil field in Tatarstan, Russia. ... Vuktyl is a town in the Komi Republic, Russia. ... Sakhalin Offshore Fields The Sakhalin-I project, like its sister project Sakhalin-II, is a consortium to locate and produce oil and gas on Sakhalin Island and immediately offshore, in the Sea of Okhotsk, from three fields: Chayvo, Odoptu and Arkutun-Dagi. ... Sakhalin Offshore Fields The Sakhalin II (Сахалин-2) project, like its sister project Sakhalin-I, is a consortium created to locate and produce oil and gas on Sakhalin Island and immediately offshore, in the Sea of Okhotsk, from two fields: Piltun-Astokhskoye and Lunskoye. ... Kurmangazy is a Caspian oil field with estimated reserves of 0. ...

~1.5-2 billion
Lena-Tunguska Basin Verhne-Chonskoye Field 1.3 billion
Talakan Field 1.3 billion
Yurubchen Field 0.4 (8 geo) billion
Karabulskoye Field 0.4 billion
Verhnemanzinskoye Field 0.3 billion
Troitskoye Field 0.3 billion
Yaraktinskoye Field 0.1 billion
Kuyumbinskoye Field 0.5 billion
Omorinskoye Field
Chayandinskoye Field
Noth-Caucasus Basin 1.7 billion
Maykopskoye Field
Ahtyrskoye Field
Neftegorskoye Field
Hadyzhenskoye Field
and other
0.6 billion
Gudermes Field
Yastrebinoye Field
Oktyabrskoye Field
Old-Grozny Field
New-Grozny Field
Zamankul Field
Sernovosk Field
and other
0.6 billion
Zaterechny Field
Ozek-Suat Field
Velichavskoye Field
and other
0.5 billion
Izberbash Field… 0.1 billion
Lena-Viluy basin Verhneviluchanskoye Field 0.3 billion
Lena-Viluy basin Srednebotuobinskoye Field
Tas-Yuryakhskoye field
Machchobinskoye field
Baltic Butinge basin Kravtsovskoye field 0.05 billion
Yenisey-Anabar basin search
Pre-Pacific basin search
East siberia sea basin search
Germany Northwest German Basin Mittelplate ~ 0.4 billion
United Kingdom North sea Alba oilfield
Andrew oilfield
Aluk oilfield
Scorpion oilfield
Beatriss oilfield
Brae oilfield
Brent oilfield
Bruce oilfield
Buchan oil field
Buzzard oilfield
Clair oilfield 1.75 billion
Claymore oilfield
Cormorant oilfield
Dunlin oilfield
Eider oilfield
Forties oilfield 5 billion
Foinaven oilfield
Fulmar oilfield 0.544 billion
Gannet oilfield
Goliat ([4])
Harding oilfield
Kittiwake oilfield
Magnus oilfield
Nelson oilfield
North Cormorant oilfield
Osprey oilfield
Piper oilfield (see also Piper Alpha)
Rhum gasfield
Schiehallion oilfield
Shearwater oilfield
Tern oilfield
Wytch Farm 0.48 billion
Romania Ploiesti oilfield
South America
Argentina Lunlunta Carrizal oilfield, Mendoza City [[5]]

[[6]] Mittelplate is Germany’s largest oil field. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... The Andrew oilfield is a relatively small hydrocarbon field in the UK sector of the North Sea 230km North-East of Aberdeen operated by BP. It is produced from a single platform, which is also the hub of the Cyrus and Farragon subsea developments. ... The Brae field is quite unusual in the North Sea context in that it is a conglomerate pile adjacent to a fault scarp, the whole wrapped up with and interdigitated by claystones of the Kimmeridge Clay Formation. ... The Brent oilfield is one of the most productive parts of Scotlands offshore oil assets, although now in steady decline. ... The Buchan Oil field is located in the Central North Sea approximately 120 miles North East of Aberdeen in an area known as the South Halibut Basin (Wood Mackenzie 2002). ... The Clair oilfield is the largest discovered but undeveloped hydrocarbon resource on the UK Continental Shelf. ... The Cormorant oilfield is located 161 Km north east of Lerwick, Shetland in block number 211/26a. ... The Dunlin oilfieldis situated 195 Km north east of Lerwick, Shetland in block number 211/23a and 211/24a. ... The Eider Oilfield is situated 184 Km north east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands in block numbers 211/16a & 211/21a. ... The Forties oilfield is the largest oilfield ever discovered in the North Sea. ... The Schiehallion, Loyal and Foinaven fields are located approximately 150km west of the Shetland Islands in quadrant 204 of the UKCS. The water depth is 400m - 500m. ... The Fulmar Oilfield is situated 312 Km east of Dundee in block number 30/16 and 30/11b. ... The Harding oilfield is a small field operated by BP, in the mid North Sea, approximately 200 miles North-East of Aberdeen. ... Substantial North Sea oilfield, piped to the UK into a pupose built refinary on the island of Flotta, in the Orkney Islands. ... The Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. ... Rhum Gas Field The Rhum field is located 240 miles north-east of Aberdeen in 109 metres (350 feet) of water. ... The Tern Oilfield is situated 169 Km north east of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, in block numbers 210/25a. ... Wytch Farm is an oil field and oil refinery in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, the largest onshore oil field in Europe. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Mendoza is a city in the west of Argentina, and the capital of the Mendoza Province. ...

Patagonia Dananiel (a) 10 million ?
Tere de Fuagu Tere de Fuagu ~ 10 million
Brazil Campos Basin Numerous fields, total : ca. 8 billion
including Marlim 1.7 billion
Albacora 0.5 billion
Roncador (oil field) 2.7 billion
Santos Basin Tupi (oil field) 5-8 billion
Jupiter field 7 billion?
Sugar Loaf field 25-40 billion[7]
Colombia Llanos Caño Limón .1 billion
La Punta
Cupiagua/Cusiana ~ 1 billion
Ecuador Putumayo-Oriente Dorine (oil field)
Eden Yutui
Palo Azul
Sacha (oil field)
Shushufindi (oil field)
Villano (oil field)
Guyana Orinoco tar sands (east) West Guyanan ca. 10 million
Venezuela Maracaibo Bolivar Coastal Field ca. 30 billion
Boscán Field, Venezuela 1.6 billion
East Venezuela Orinoco tar sands 1700 billion (OOIP)
North America
Canada Western Canada Athabasca Tar Sands 1700 billion
Newfoundland Hibernia 3.0 billion
Terra Nova Field 1.0 billion
Hebron-Ben Nevis 0.7 billion
White Rose Field 0.44 billion
Garden Hill 0.3 billion
Cuba North Cuba Basin Marti field  ?
Mexico Campeche Sound Cantarell Field 15-20 billion
Chicontepec Chicontepec Fields 17 billion
United States Permian Basin SACROC 1.5 billion
Yates 1.5 billion
Alaska North Slope Prudhoe Bay 13 billion
Alpine 0.4 to 1.0 billion (estimates)
ANS - ANWR None known
Illinois Basin Numerous small fields 4 billion
Mid-Continent East Texas Oil Field 6 billion
Los Angeles Basin Wilmington Oil Field 3.0 billion
Salinas Valley San Ardo Oil Field 0.6 billion
San Joaquin Valley South Belridge Oil Field 2.0 billion[5]
Buena Vista Oil Field 0.7 billion
Coalinga Oil Field 1.0 billion
Cymric Oil Field 0.6 billion
Elk Hills Field 1.5 billion[6]
Kern Front Field 0.2 billion
Kern River Field 2.5 billion[7]
Lost Hills Field 0.5 billion
Midway-Sunset Field 3.4 billion[8]
Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Atlantis Oil Field, 0.6 billion
Thunder Horse Field >1 billion
Knotty Head 0.2 - 0.5 billion
Jack 2[9] in development
Alaminos Canyon[10] The Great White in development
Tobago in development
Silvertip in development
Asia-Pacific
Australia Bass Strait Kingfish ~1.2 billion
Halibut ~1 billion
NW shelf, Carnavon Basin Goodwyn
Enfield
Wanaea-Cossack
China Songlao Daqing Field 16 billion
Shengli Field
Bohai Bay Jidong Field 2.2 billion(?)
Tarim Tahe Field 8 billion(?)
India Assam Digboi Field
Cambay Kalol Field
Balol Field
Barmer (W. Rajasthan) Several Fields ~ 2 billion
Mumbai offshore Bombay High
Krishna Godavari Ravva Field
Gujarat Santhal Field
Indonesia Northwest Java Basin Ardjuna
North Sumatra Arun (oil field)
Central Sumatra Basin Duri
Minas (oil field)
Asri Basin Widuri
Kutai Basin Attaka
West Seno
Nilam
Natuna Sea Belida
Pakistan Punjab Toot oilfield [11] [12] ~ 1 billion
Missa Keswaal 0.5 bn ?
Karachi coastal Jinnah oil field ~ 0.5 billion
Ul-Haq oil field 0.4 billion ?
Musharref oil field 0.4 billion ?
Mizra oil field 0.3 billion ?
Khan oil field  ?
Wasim oil field  ?

Patagonia, as most commonly defined (in orange). ... Caño Limón is an oil field in the municipalities of Arauca and Arauquita in Arauca Department, Colombia, on the border of Venezuela. ... La Punta is a district of the Constitutional Province of Callao in Peru, and one of the six districts that comprise the port city of Callao. ... Bolivar Coastal Field is the largest oil field in South America with its 6,000-7,000 wells and forest of related derricks, stretches thirty-five miles along the north-east coast of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. ... The Boscán Oil Field is located 40 km southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela and covers an area of about 660 square kilometers. ... The Orinoco Oil Sands, also known as the Orinoco Tar Sands, are deposits of oil sands located near the Orinoco River in Venezuela. ... North American redirects here. ... This article is about the region in Canada. ... Tar sands in Alberta The Athabasca Tar Sands is a large deposit of tar sands in north-western Canada located mainly in the province of Alberta and, to a much lesser degree Saskatchewan. ... This article is about the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... Location map. ... Terra Nova Oil Project. ... Location map White Rose oil field White Rose is an oil field development project 350 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland. ... Cantarell Field or Cantarell Complex is the largest oil field in Mexico and one of the largest in the world. ... The Chicontepec Basin is a petroleum system in Mexico located north-east of Mexico City, covering an area of around 3,800 km² in the states of Veracruz, Puebla and Hidalgo. ... The Permian Basin is a basin in the western part of the U.S. state of Texas, from just south of Lubbock to just south of Midland & Odessa, and it extends Westward into the Southeastern part of New Mexico. ... Yates may refer to: Places Yates, New York Yates County, New York Yates City, Illinois Yates Township, Illinois Yates Township, Michigan Yates Center, Kansas Other Yatess, a pub chain in the United Kingdom Yates v. ... The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) covers 19,049,236 acres (79,318 km²) in northeastern Alaska, in the North Slope region. ... Map of the Mid-continent Oil Field The Mid-continent Oil Field in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, was discovered and exploited during the first half of the 20th century. ... The East Texas oilfield, located in central Gregg, western Rusk, southern Upshur, southeastern Smith, and northeastern Cherokee counties in the east central part of the state, is the largest and most prolific oil reservoir in the contiguous United States. ... The Los Angeles Basin is the coastal sediment-filled plain located between the peninsular and transverse ranges in southern California in the United States containing the central part of the city of Los Angeles. ... The Wilmington Oil Field is a large petroleum field in Los Angeles County in southern California in the United States. ... Salinas Valley, on River Road near Marina. ... The Central Valley of California The San Joaquin Valley (English pronunciation in IPA: [sæn wɑˈkin]) refers to the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Stockton. ... Gulf of Mexico in 3D perspective. ... The Atlantis oil field is the third largest oil field in the Gulf of Mexico, estimated at about 600 million barrels (95 million m³). The British energy company BP owns the field, which is expected to produce about 200,000 barrels (32,000 m³) a day beginning in late 2006. ... Knotty Head is the deepest oil well drilled in the Gulf of Mexico. ... Jack is a character in the Tekken fighting game series. ... When built in 1997, it was the first Inverted Roller Coaster in Texas. ... Castara village beach looking south, Tobago Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ... The name Silvertip has several meanings: The name silvertip bear is sometimes used to refer to the grizzly bear. ... Map showing general definition of Asia-Pacific The term Asia-Pacific or APAC generally applies to littoral East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia near the Pacific Ocean, plus the states in the ocean itself (Oceania). ... Enfield is the name of several places. ... Daqing complex is the largest oil field in China, located between the Songhua river and Nunjiang river in Heilongjiang province. ... The Shengli Field is the second-largest oil field in the Peoples Republic of China, with daily production of approximately 650,000 barrels. ... This article is about the Java island. ... For other uses, see Sumatra (disambiguation). ...

See also

Countries where natural gas fields are located This list of natural gas fields includes major fields of the past and present. ... This list of oil and gas fields of the North Sea contains links to oil and natural gas reservoirs beneath the North Sea. ... ^ a b The Elephant of All Elephants . ... Oil mega projects are significant oil field developments that do, or are planned to, bring a significant amount of new oil production capacity into use. ... The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a large group of countries[1][2] made up of Algeria, Angola, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Ecuador (which rejoined OPEC in November 2007). ... OAPEC (Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries) is a multi-governmental organization which coordinates energy policies in Arab nations. ... Gasoline, as it is known in North America, or petrol, in many Commonwealth countries (sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ...

References

  1. ^ Schlumberger World Energy Atlas
  2. ^ Ivanhoe, L. F, and G G. Leckie, -"Global oil, gas fields, sizes tallied, analyzed," Oil and Gas Journal. Feb. 15, 1993, pp. 87-91
  3. ^ "Oil provinces" are larger than "petroleum systems" and characterized by a stratigraphic sequence and a tectonic stetting. The partition of oil provinces, and their names, can change from source to source. The names used here are from USGS.
  4. ^ http://www.saudiaramco.com
  5. ^ California Department of Conservation, Oil and Gas Statistics
  6. ^ California Department of Conservation, Oil and Gas Statistics
  7. ^ California Department of Conservation, Oil and Gas Statistics
  8. ^ California Department of Conservation, Oil and Gas Statistics
  9. ^ Chron.com-A first: Shell plans to produce at 8,000 feet in Gulf. Retrieved on 2006-10-26.
  10. ^ www.finanznachrichten.de-Chevron Announces It Is Proceeding With a Major Oil Field Development Project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico's Ultradeep Water. Retrieved on 2006-10-26.
  11. ^ Canadian Firm to Develop Pakistan Oilfield - PakPositive
  12. ^ [[1]]
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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