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Kaphong Oil and Gas Field

Kaphong is an oil and gas field in the Pattani basin of the Gulf of Thailand, discovered in 1976 and long operated by Unocal Thailand, now Chevron.

Karachaganak Field

The Karachaganak field is a giant oil and gas condensate field in northwest Kazakhstan, discovered in 1979 and producing since 1984; it is one of the largest gas condensate fields in the world.

Karakuduk Oil and Gas Field

Karakuduk Oil and Gas Field (Kazakh: Қаракұдык, "black shaft") is an onshore field in Mangistau Region, southwestern Kazakhstan, discovered in 1972 and commercially developed from 1998.

Karama Oil Field

The Karama Oil Field (كرامة) is an onshore oil field in Egypt's Western Desert, discovered by Repsol and Apache in 2000 and operated by Qarun Petroleum Company.

Karamay Oil Field

Karamay Oil Field (克拉玛依油田) is a large oil field in northwestern Xinjiang, China, and the first major oilfield discovered in China after 1949, with oil struck in 1955.

Karanj Oil Field

The Karanj Oil Field is an onshore oil field in Khuzestan province, southwestern Iran, discovered in 1963 and producing since 1964, with the Asmari Formation as its principal reservoir.

Karazhanbas Oil and Gas Field

Karazhanbas (Қаражанбас) is a heavy-oil and gas field on the Buzachi Peninsula in Mangystau Region, southwest Kazakhstan, discovered in 1974, producing since 1980, and held equally by KazMunayGas and China's CITIC.

Karazhanbasmunai JSC

Karazhanbasmunai JSC is a Kazakh oil company that develops the heavy-oil Karazhanbas field in western Kazakhstan, jointly owned by KazMunayGas and CITIC and accounting for about 2.5 percent of Kazakhstan's oil production.

Karoon Energy Ltd

Karoon Energy Ltd is an Australian-listed oil and gas exploration and production company, listed in 2004, with producing assets offshore Brazil and in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Kashagan Oil and Gas Field

Kashagan is a giant offshore oil and gas field in the North Caspian Sea off Kazakhstan, discovered in 2000 with recoverable oil estimated at 9–13 billion barrels.

Kaskida

Kaskida is a deepwater oil field in the US Gulf of Mexico, discovered by BP in 2006 and scheduled to produce first oil in 2029.

Kazgermunai

Kazgermunai is a Kazakh oil and gas joint venture, founded in 1993 and owned equally by KazMunayGas and PetroKazakhstan, producing at the Akshabulak, Nuraly, and Aksai fields.

KazMunayGas

KazMunayGas (KMG) is Kazakhstan's vertically integrated national oil and gas company. Founded in 2002, it is majority owned by Samruk-Kazyna and holds stakes in Tengizchevroil, Kashagan, and Karachaganak.

KBC Advanced Technologies

KBC Advanced Technologies is a British consulting and software company for the oil and gas industry, known for the Petro-SIM simulator and owned by Japan's Yokogawa since 2016.

Kearl Oil Sands Project

The Kearl Oil Sands Project is an open-pit oil sands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, owned by Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil and producing since 2013.

Kechimovskoye Oil and Gas Field

The Kechimovskoye oil field is an oil field in the central West Siberian plain in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, discovered in 1985, developed from 1995, and operated by LUKOIL.

Kenli 10-1 Oil Field

Kenli 10-1 Oil Field is an offshore oil field in the southern Bohai Sea, China, operated by CNOOC with peak output of about 36,000 barrels per day from 2015.

Kenli 16-1 Oil Field

Kenli 16-1 Oil Field (垦利16-1油田) is an offshore oil field in China's southern Bohai Sea with 730 million barrels of reserves, discovered in 2014 and producing since 2021.

Kenneth A. Blenkarn

Kenneth A. Blenkarn is an American petroleum and offshore engineer who worked at Amoco Production Company and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1987.

Kern River Oil Field

The Kern River Oil Field is a giant heavy-oil field east of Bakersfield, California, discovered in 1899, with more than 2.2 billion barrels produced largely by steam flooding since 1964.

Keyera

Keyera Corp. is a Canadian midstream energy company based in Calgary, Alberta, that gathers and processes natural gas and operates NGL infrastructure around Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan.

Khafji Oil Field

The Khafji oil field is an offshore field in the Saudi–Kuwaiti Divided Zone on the Arabian Gulf shelf, discovered in 1960 and producing since 1961.

Kharg Island

Kharg Island (جزیره خارگ) is a coral island in the Persian Gulf hosting Iran's main oil export terminal, which handles about 90 percent of its crude exports.

Kharyaga oil field

Discovered in 1970, the Kharyaga oil field is a northern Russian onshore site on the Nenets/Komi border. It was operated by Zarubezhneft after Western interests exited in 2022.

Khesht Oil Field

Khesht Oil Field (خشت) is an onshore oil field in southern Iran, on the Fars–Bushehr border in the Zagros Mountains, which began producing oil in March 2022.

Khurais oil field

Khurais oil field is a giant onshore oil field about 150 km southeast of Riyadh, discovered in 1957 and operated by Saudi Aramco with the Abu Jifan and Mazalij satellites.

Khurbet East Oil Field

Khurbet East is an oil field in Block 26 in northeastern Syria, discovered in June 2007 and brought into commercial production in July 2008, operated by Gulfsands Petroleum.

Kimbell Royalty Partners

Kimbell Royalty Partners is a Fort Worth, Texas-based publicly traded partnership owning oil and gas mineral and royalty interests in more than 17 million gross acres across 28 states.

King oil field (Norway)

King is an oil and gas discovery in the Balder area of the Norwegian North Sea, made in 2021 by Vår Energi and developed through an extended reach well from the Ringhorne platform.

Kingfish Oil and Gas Field

The Kingfish Oil and Gas Field is an offshore field in the Gippsland Basin of Bass Strait, Australia, discovered in 1967 and Australia's largest oil field.