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Yaregskoye Oil Field

Yaregskoye Oil Field (Ярегское месторождение) is a heavy, high-viscosity oil field in the Komi Republic, Russia, discovered in 1932 and the only Russian field where oil is extracted by mining.

Yariguí-Cantagallo Oil and Gas Field

Yariguí-Cantagallo is a mature heavy-oil field in Colombia's Middle Magdalena Valley between Bolívar and Santander, operated by Ecopetrol since the mid-1970s and enhanced with waterflood and polymer-flooding recovery.

Yarudeyskoye Oil and Gas Field

Yarudeyskoye is an oil, gas, and condensate field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of western Siberia, Russia, discovered in 2008 and in commercial production since December 2015.

Yates oil field

The Yates oil field is a giant Permian Basin oil field in Pecos County, West Texas, discovered in 1926 and still producing under Kinder Morgan today.

Yaunlorskoye Oil and Gas Field

The Yaunlorskoye field is a large oil and gas condensate field in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Western Siberia, roughly 35 km from Surgut, in production since 1980.

Yaxché Oil and Gas Field

Yaxché is an offshore oil and gas field in shallow Gulf of Mexico waters off Tabasco, Mexico, producing superlight crude since 2006 and operated by Pemex.

Yellowtail oil field

Yellowtail is a deepwater oil field in the Stabroek block about 200 kilometers offshore Guyana, the fourth ExxonMobil-led project there, producing 250,000 barrels per day through the ONE GUYANA FPSO since 2025.

Yem-Yogovskoye oil field

The Yem-Yogovskoye oil field (Ем-Ёговское) is a large producing oil field near Nyagan in Western Siberia, Russia, discovered in 1971 and operated by Rosneft's RN-Nyaganneftegaz.

Yingdong Oil Field

Yingdong Oil Field (英东油田) is an oil field in the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai, China, where a 2010 breakthrough revealed the basin's largest single-reservoir oil reserves.

Yme Oil and Gas Field

Yme is an oil field in the southeastern Norwegian sector of the North Sea, discovered in 1987, shut down in 2001 as unprofitable, and restarted in 2021.

Yoho oil field

Yoho is a shallow-water oil field about 19 nautical miles offshore Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria's eastern Niger Delta, producing since late 2002 under the NNPC/ExxonMobil joint venture.

Yombo Marine Oil and Gas Field

Yombo Marine Oil and Gas Field, also called Yombo-Masseko, is an offshore heavy oil field in the Republic of the Congo near Pointe-Noire, producing since 1991.

Yugomashevskoye Oil Field

Yugomashevskoye oil field (Югомашевское месторождение) is a producing oil field in northern Bashkortostan, Russia. Discovered in the 1950s, it was developed from 1966 and is operated by Bashneft.

Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye field

The Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye field is a giant oil and gas field in Krasnoyarsk Krai, East Siberia, operated by Rosneft and ranked the largest in East Siberia.

Yushulin Oil Field

The Yushulin Oil Field (榆树林油田) is an oil field within the Daqing oilfield in the Songliao Basin of Heilongjiang Province, China, in ultra-low permeability Fuyang and Putaohua reservoirs.

Yuzhno-Priobskoye field

The Yuzhno-Priobskoye field (Южно-Приобское) is a large oil field in Western Siberia, Russia, occupying the southern license territory of the Priobskoye field and operated by Gazprom Neft subsidiary Gazpromneft-Khantos.

Yuzhno-Yagunskoye Oil Field

The Yuzhno-Yagunskoye field is a large oil field in the Surgut district of West Siberia, Russia, near Kogalym, discovered in 1978 and operated by LUKOIL as its digital-field pilot site.

Zaafarana Oil Field

The Zaafarana oil field is an offshore oil field in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt, discovered by BG Group in 1990 and producing heavy crude through a platform and an FPSO vessel.

Zaap Oil and Gas Field

The Zaap oil and gas field is a heavy crude field in the Bay of Campeche off Campeche, Mexico, operated by Pemex within the Ku-Maloob-Zaap complex.

Zapadno-Khosedayuskoye Oil Field

Zapadno-Khosedayuskoye (Западно-Хоседаюское) is an onshore oil field in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug in the Russian Arctic, discovered in 1988 and brought into production in 2012 by the operator Rusvietpetro.

Zapadno-Salymskoye Oil Field

Zapadno-Salymskoye Oil Field (Западно-Салымское, also called West Salym) is an onshore oil field in western Siberia, Russia, discovered in 1987 and producing first oil in December 2004.

Zapadno-Surgutskoye Oil Field

Zapadno-Surgutskoye Oil Field (Западно-Сургутское месторождение) is a large multi-reservoir oil field about 20 km northwest of Surgut in Western Siberia, Russia, discovered in 1962 and operated by Surgutneftegas.

Zarzaitine Oil Field

Zarzaitine is an onshore oil field in the Illizi Basin of southeastern Algeria, near In Amenas and the Libyan border, discovered in 1957 and operated jointly by Sonatrach and Sinopec since 2003.

Zeloi Oil and Gas Field

The Zeloi Oil and Gas Field is an operating onshore oil field in Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran, about 70 km north of Ahvaz, discovered in 1976.

Zelten Oil Field

The Zelten Oil Field (زلطن), also known as the Nasser field, is a giant onshore oil field in Libya's Sirte Basin, discovered by Esso in 1959 and producing since 1961.

Zhetybay Oil Field

The Zhetybay Oil Field (Жетыбай) is a giant onshore oil field in Mangystau Region, western Kazakhstan, about 80 km southeast of Aktau, discovered in 1961 and producing since 1967.

Zhoushan Green Petrochemical Base

The Zhoushan Green Petrochemical Base (舟山绿色石化基地) is a coastal refining and petrochemical complex on Yushan Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China, centered on a 40-million-tonne-per-year refinery that became the world's largest single refinery in 2022.

Zorro oil field

The Zorro oil field is a producing reservoir area and gas treatment complex within the Cerro Dragón concession in Chubut Province, Argentina, operated by Pan American Energy.

Zuata Norte Oil Field

Zuata Norte Oil Field, also called Norte Zuata (San Cristóbal), is an extra-heavy-oil field in the Orinoco Belt in eastern Venezuela that averaged 38,000 barrels per day in 2012.

Zuata Principal Oil Field

Zuata Principal is a large extra-heavy oil field in the Junín Block of Venezuela's Orinoco Belt, discovered in 1985, with peak production of 298,000 barrels a day in 2004.