Karanj oil field

31°16′48″N 49°36′13″E / 31.28000°N 49.60361°E / 31.28000; 49.60361OperatorsNISOCPartnersNIOCField historyDiscovery1963Start of production1988ProductionCurrent production of oil237,000 barrels per day (~1.18×10^⁷ t/a)Estimated oil in place11,043 million barrels (~1.507×10^⁹ t)Recoverable oil5,700 million barrels (~7.8×10^⁸ t)

The Karanj oil field is an Iranian oil field located 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of the Ahvaz City,^[1] in Khuzestan Province.^[2][3] It was discovered in 1963^[4] and the production was started after installing production facilities in 1964.^[5] Oil production of Karanj field is about 200,000 barrels per day (32,000 m³/d).^[6] The field has a 650-metre thick oil column with an API gravity of 33.9 deg. Its oil reserves have been estimated at 11.2 bn barrels, with gas at about 3.5 TCF.^[7] A gas injection project at Karanj was completed in 1995. The field is owned by state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and operated by National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC).^[8]

See also

• List of oil fields

References