NIOC Recent Discoveries
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Iran still has huge potential for new significant gas discoveries: areas like Caspian Sea, North East, Central Kavir and especially areas starting from Aghar and Dalan gas fields in Fars province up to the Strait of Hormuz and Central Persian Gulf have considerable amount of undiscovered gas resources.[1]
According to Exploration Directorate of NIOC, there are about 150 unexplored anticlines in Iran.[2]
One Western geologist who once worked for the BP-led Consortium in this country says;[3]
the undiscovered potential can be as large, if not larger, than Iran's current oil and gas reserves. He says despite the enormous quantities of oil and gas discovered to date and the length of time spent in exploration, Iran is so prolific that substantial new discoveries can be expected with confidence.
Since 1995, National Iranian Oil Company NIOC (NIOC) has made significant oil and gas discoveries, standing for some 70-billion-barrel (11,000,000,000 m³) of oil in place and 160×1012 cu ft (4,500 km³) of gas in place, which are listed below.[4]
| Field's Name | Oil In Place | Recoverable Oil |
|---|---|---|
| Billion Barrel | Billion Barrel | |
| Azadegan | 33.2 | 5.2 |
| Yadavaran (Kushk+Hosseinieh) | 17 | 3 |
| Ramin | 6.28 | NA |
| South Pars Oil Layer | 6 | NA |
| Mansour Abad | 4.45 | NA |
| Azar[6] | 2.07 | NA |
| Paranj | 1.6 | NA |
| Changoleh | 0.944 | NA |
| Mansouri-Khami layer[7] | 0.760 | NA |
| Tusan | 0.470 | NA |
| Arash | 0.168 | NA |
| Total | 69.683 | NA |
| Field's Name | Gas In Place Tcf | Recoverable Gas Reserve Tcf |
|---|---|---|
| Kish[9] | 59 | 47 |
| Tabnak | 30 | NA |
| Farsi (B-Structure)[10] | NA | 11 - 23 |
| Ghir (Sefid Zakhur) | 11.4 | 8.5[11] |
| Yadavaran-Gas Layer | 9.75 | NA |
| Lavan | 9.1 | NA |
| Balal-Dahroum Formation | 8.8 | NA |
| Homa | 7.6 | NA |
| Marun Gas Layer | 6.2 | NA |
| Gardan | 5.7 | NA |
| Day | 4.4 | NA |
| Binak Gas Layer | 3.5 | NA |
| Karanj Gas Layer | 2.9 | NA |
| BiBi hakime Gas Layer | 2.4 | NA |
| Zireh | 1 | NA |
| Kuh-e-Asari[12] | 1 | 0.739 |
| Arash | 0.79 | NA |
| Kheyr Abad | 0.17 | NA |
| Total | 163.8 | NA |
[edit] See also
- NIOC
- World Largest Gas Fields
- South Pars Gas Field
- North Pars Gas Field
- Kish Gas Field
- Golshan Gas Field
- Ferdowsi Gas Field
- Persian LNG
- Azadegan
- Yadavaran Field
[edit] References
- ^ Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of Lower Silurian Qusaiba-Paleozoic Total Petroleum Systems [1]
- ^ Farsnews.com 17 Apr 2008 [2]
- ^ IRAN - The Geology. APS Review Gas Market Trends • April 2, 2007 • [3]
- ^ Iran Oil Ministry Annual Bulletin, 5th Edition, pages 190-193 (available in persian)(كتاب نفت و توسعه).[4] and Iran Energy Balance Sheet (ترازنامه انرژی ایران ) (available in Persian), Pages 132 & 175, Published by; Iran’s Energy Ministry, Secretariat of Energy and Electricity,2006 [5]
- ^ Iran Oil Ministry Annual Bulletin, 5th Edition, pages 190-193 (available in persian)(كتاب نفت و توسعه).[6] and Iran Energy Balance Sheet (ترازنامه انرژی ایران ) (available in Persian), Page 132, Published by; Iran’s Energy Ministry, Secretariat of Energy and Electricity,2006 [7]
- ^ NIOC Wbsite[8]
- ^ NIOC Wbsite[9]
- ^ Iran Oil Ministry Annual Bulletin, 5th Edition, pages 190-193 (available in persian)(كتاب نفت و توسعه).[10] and Iran Energy Balance Sheet (ترازنامه انرژی ایران ) (available in Persian), Page 175, Published by; Iran’s Energy Ministry, Secretariat of Energy and Electricity,2006 [11]
- ^ NIOC Wbsite[12]
- ^ IHS International Oil Letter, Vol 24 issue 6, published 15 February 2008 [13]
- ^ Isna.ir [14]
- ^ Shana.ir, 2008 April 17 [15]
