User:Kgrr/Sandbox/Table of largest oil fields

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Oil fields > 10bb
Field Country Discovered Started Production Peaked Billion Barrels Production (mb/day) Rate of Decline
Ghawar Field Saudi Arabia 1948[1] 1951[1] 2005[2] 75-83[3][4] 5[5] 8% per year
Burgan Field Kuwait 1938 1948 2005[6] 66-72[7][4] 1.7[8] 14% per year
Cantarell Field Mexico 1976 1981 2004[9] 35[4], 18 billion recoverable 1.4 (2006)[10] 15% per year[10]
Bolivar Coastal Field Venezuela 1917 1922 30-32[4] 2.6-3[4]
Safaniya-Khafji Field Saudi Arabia/Neutral Zone 1951 30
Rumaila Field Iraq 1953 20[4] *civil war
Tengiz Field Kazakhstan 1979 1993 15-26[4] .53[4]
Ahwaz Field Iran 1958 1960 in decline 17 .16[11] 64% per year
Kirkuk Field Iraq 1927 1934 2000 16 1 *civil war
Marun Field Iran 1963 16
Daqing Field China 1959 1960 2004[12] 16 1
Gachsaran Field Iran 1928 15
Agha Jari Field Iran 1937 14
Samotlor Field West Siberia, Russia 1965 1980 14-16 .2 9% per year
Prudhoe Bay Alaska 1969 in decline 13 0.9 11% per year
Kashagan Field Kazakhstan 13
Abqaiq Field Saudi Arabia 12 0.43[13]
Romashkino Field Volga-Ural, Russia in decline 12-14
Chicontepec Field Mexico 12
Berri Field Saudi Arabia 12
Zakum Field Abu Dhabi, UAE 1965[14] 1967 12
Manifa Field Saudi Arabia 11
Faroozan-Marjan Field Saudi Arabia/Iran 10
Marlim Field Campos, Brazil in decline 10-14 8% per year[15]

Reference

  1. ^ a b "The Elephant of All Elephants". AAPG.
  2. ^ Donald Coxe (2005-03-31). "Has Ghawar truly peaked?".
  3. ^ "Oil Supply and Demand".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "The List: Taking Oil Fields Offline". 2006-08. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ Ghawar Field
  6. ^ "Burgan Field: Kuwait's Biggest Oil Field Starts to Run Out of Oil". 2005-11-12.
  7. ^ "Oil Supply and Demand".
  8. ^ Burgan Field
  9. ^ "Mexico Oil Production going down January 2007".
  10. ^ a b Tom Standing (2006-10-09). "Mexico's Cantarell field: how long will it last?". Energy Bulletin.
  11. ^ "Iran sees use of natural gas at issue as oil production sags". 2005-05-02.
  12. ^ "Daqing Oilfield to Slash Output in 2004".
  13. ^ "The Impact of the Abqaiq Attack on Saudi Energy Security".
  14. ^ "United Arab Emirates - Persian Gulf".
  15. ^ "New information on the Cambridge Energy analysis of world oil supplies".