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Oil fields of Iraq

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Abu Gharb Oil Field

Abu Gharb Oil Field (ابو غرب), commonly spelled Abu Ghirab, is an onshore oil field in Missan governorate, southeastern Iraq, near the Iranian border; production began in 1976.

Ahdab Oil and Gas Field

The Ahdab oil field (Al-Ahdab, Ahdeb) is an onshore field in Wasit Governorate, Iraq, discovered in 1979 and site of Iraq's first post-2003 technical service contract with China's CNPC.

Ajeel Oil and Gas Field

Ajeel, also spelled Ajil, is an oil and gas field in northern Iraq near Tikrit, discovered in 1977 and suspended in 2015 after the ISIS takeover.

Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field

Al Gharaf Oil and Gas Field (الغراف), also written Garraf or Gharraf, is an onshore oil field in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq, producing since 2013.

Atrush Oil and Gas Field

The Atrush Oil and Gas Field is an onshore oil field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, 85 km northwest of Erbil, discovered in 2011.

Bai Hassan Oil Field

Bai Hassan Oil Field (باي حسن) is an onshore oil field in northern Iraq near Kirkuk, discovered in 1953, producing since 1960, and operated by the North Oil Company.

Bin Umar

Bin Umar, also written Bin Omar and historically Nahr Bin Umar, is a super-giant oil and gas field in Basra province, southern Iraq, with reserves of more than 5 billion barrels.

Buzurgan Field

Buzurgan Field (حقل البزركان) is a large oil field in Maysan Governorate, southeastern Iraq, near the Iranian border, discovered in the early 1970s and producing since 1976.

East Baghdad Oil Field

The East Baghdad Oil Field is a giant onshore oil field about 10 kilometers east of Baghdad, Iraq, discovered in 1974 with roughly 8 billion barrels of proven reserves.

Faihaa Oil and Gas Field

The Faihaa Oil and Gas Field is an oil field in southern Iraq's Basra governorate, discovered in 2014, producing from the Mishrif and Yamama formations near the Iranian border.

Halfaya oil field

The Halfaya oil field is a supergiant oil field in Missan governorate, southeastern Iraq, holding about 4.1 billion barrels of oil and producing roughly 400,000 barrels per day.

Kirkuk Oil Field

The Kirkuk Oil Field is a giant onshore oil field near Kirkuk in northeastern Iraq, discovered in 1927 and producing since 1934 from shallow limestone.

Luhais Oil Field

Luhais Oil Field (حقل اللحيس) is an onshore oil field in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, discovered in 1961 and operated by the Basra Oil Company.

Majnoon Field

Majnoon (مجنون) is a giant onshore oil field in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, near the Iranian border, with estimated reserves of over 38 billion barrels.

Nahr Bin Umar Oil and Gas Field

Nahr Bin Umar, also written Nahr Bin Omar, is a giant oil and gas field in Basra Governorate, southeastern Iraq, north of the city of Basra.

Nasiriyah Field

Nasiriyah Field (الناصرية), also written Nassiriya, is a large onshore oil field in southern Iraq, about 200 km northwest of Basra, with estimated recoverable reserves of 4.4 billion barrels.

Peshkabir Oil Field

Peshkabir is an onshore oil field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, 18 kilometers west of the Tawke field, ramped to more than 50,000 barrels per day by 2018.

Qurna West 1 oil field

Qurna West 1, also known as West Qurna 1, is a giant oil field in southern Iraq producing about 550,000 barrels per day under operator PetroChina since 2024.

Qurna West 2 oil field

Qurna West 2, also known as West Qurna-2, is a giant oil field in southern Iraq near Basra, developed by Russia's Lukoil from 2010 to 2026.

Ratawi oil field

The Ratawi oil field is a major oil field in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, and since 2023 the centerpiece of TotalEnergies' $27 billion Gas Growth Integrated Project.

Rumaila field

The Rumaila field (الرميلة) is a super-giant onshore oil field in southern Iraq, about 50 km west of Basra, and the country's largest producing oil field.

Safwan field

Safwan field (حقل سفوان) is an onshore oil field in Basra province, southern Iraq, producing since 1989, the southeasternmost dome of the Zubair field that continues into Kuwait as the Abdali field.

Sarta Oil and Gas Field

The Sarta Oil and Gas Field is an oil field about 35 kilometers north of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, produced from November 2020 until its shutdown in 2023.

Shaikan Oil Field

The Shaikan Oil Field is an oil field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, 60 km northwest of Erbil, discovered in 2009 and operated by Gulf Keystone Petroleum.

Simrit Oil and Gas Field

Simrit Oil and Gas Field, also called Ain Sifni, is an operating oil and gas field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, operated by Hunt Oil.

Subba Oil Field

Subba Oil Field (صبة, also written Saba or Suba) is an oil field in Dhi Qar province, southern Iraq, with reserves estimated at over a billion barrels.

Swara Tika Oil Field

Swara Tika is an onshore oil field in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq, about 85 km northwest of Erbil, discovered in 2011 and operated by HKN Energy.

Tawke Oil Field

The Tawke Oil Field is an onshore oil field in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, near Zakho, discovered in 2006 and operated by Norway's DNO ASA.

Tuba Oil and Gas Field

Tuba Oil and Gas Field is an onshore oil field in Basra Governorate, southern Iraq, between the Zubair and Rumaila fields, long operated by the Basra Oil Company.

Zubair Oil and Gas Field

Zubair Oil and Gas Field (Arabic زبير) is a giant onshore oil field in southern Iraq, discovered in 1948 and holding over 4 billion barrels.