Ferdows Field

Ferdows Field
Location of Ferdows Field
Country	Iran
Offshore/onshore	Offshore
Coordinates	27°59′00″N 50°49′00″E / 27.98333°N 50.81667°ECoordinates: 27°59′00″N 50°49′00″E / 27.98333°N 50.81667°E
Field history
Discovery	2003
Production
Estimated oil in place	38,000 million barrels (~5.2×10^9 t)
Estimated gas in place	300×10^9 m^3 (11×10^12 cu ft)

Ferdows is a giant oil and gas field of Iran, located in the Persian Gulf, 190 kilometres (120 mi) south-east from the city of Bushehr and 85 kilometres (53 mi) from the coast. It was explored in 2003. Prior to 2007, it was among the three largest in the world after Al Ghawar and Burgan.

Ferdows is associated with the deposits of Mound and Zagheh and their stocks are recorded together. Ferdows has a gas cap.

Geological reserves are estimated at 38 billion barrels or 6.3 billion tonnes of oil and 300 billion cubic metres of natural gas.^[1] Thus, the main reserves are in the field of Ferdows: 30,6 billion barrels, Mound field contains 6.63 billion barrels, Zagheh field - 1,3 billion barrels.

See also

• List of oil fields

References

1. Ghosh, Tushar; Prelas, Mark (June 15, 2009). Energy Resources and Systems: Volume 1: Fundamentals and Non-Renewable Resources. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 735. ISBN 978-9048123827.