{{Short description|Oil field in Iran}} {{other uses|Azadegan (disambiguation)}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=April 2008}} {{update|date=November 2010}} }} {{Infobox oil field | name = Azadegan oil field | image = | caption = | location_map = Iran | location_map_width = | location_map_text = | coordinates = {{coord|31.32|N|48.53|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | country = [[Iran]] | region = | location = | block = | offonshore = onshore | operator = Arvandan Oil and Gas Company | partners =[[NIOC]] | contractors = | discovery = 1999 | start_development = | start_production = | peak_year = | abandonment = | peak_of_production_oil_bbl/d = | peak_of_production_oil_tpy = | peak_of_production_gas_mmcuft/d = | peak_of_production_gas_mmscm/d = | peak_of_production_gas_bcm/y = | oil_production_bbl/d = 40000 | oil_production_tpy = | production_year_oil = | production_gas_mmcuft/d = | production_gas_mmscm/d = | production_gas_bcm/y = | production_year_gas = | est_oil_bbl = 33200 | est_oil_t = | recover_oil_bbl = 5200 | recover_oil_t = | est_gas_bft = | est_gas_bcm = | recover_gas_bft = | recover_gas_bcm = | formations = Sarvak, Kazhdomi, Godvan, and Fahilan layers }} The '''Azadegan oil field''' is an oil field in [[Iran]]. It is located {{convert|80|km}} west of [[Ahvaz]], near the [[Iraq]]i border.
==History== The first exploration well was drilled in the field in 1976, but its discovery was finalized after drilling the second well in 1999. The field has an approximate area of {{convert|900|km2}}.<ref name="Shana">shana.ir Monday, November 12, 2007 [http://www.shana.ir/newsprint.aspx?lang=en&newsid=118720 ''Shana'']</ref>
==Reserves== Iranian authorities claim that the Azadegan field has oil-in-place reserves of about {{convert|33.2|Goilbbl}} and recoverable resources estimated at about {{convert|5.2|Goilbbl}}.<ref name=tehrantimes020210> {{cite news | url = http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=213530 | title = Azadegan oilfield boosts output | newspaper = [[Tehran Times]] | date = 2010-02-02 | access-date = 2010-11-27}} </ref> It is one of the [[NIOC Recent Discoveries]] and the biggest oil field found in Iran in the last 30 years.
Sarvak, Kazhdomi, Godvan, and Fahilan are productive layers of the field. The current production is {{convert|40000|oilbbl/d}}.<ref name=tehrantimes020210/> Crude oil produced by the Fahilan layer is light while the other layers yield heavy crude.<ref name="Shana"/>
==See also== {{Portal|Iran|Energy}} *[[Yadavaran Field]] *[[World Largest Gas Fields]] *[[NIOC Recent Discoveries]] *[[South Pars Gas Field]] *[[Iran Natural Gas Reserves]] *[[North Pars]] *[[Golshan Gas Field]] *[[Ferdowsi Gas Field]] *[[Persian LNG]]
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==Other sources== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20030726031759/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EG18Ak05.html Atimes] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070226130917/http://www.nioc.org/publications/iranpetroleum/6/pb-13820819155101.pdf NIOC]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Azadegan Oil Field}} [[Category:Oil fields of Iran]]