List of oil fields

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This list of oil fields includes some major oil fields of the past and present.

thumb|Countries by proven oil reserves 2017

The list is incomplete; there are more than 25,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world. However, 94% of known oil is concentrated in fewer than 1,500 giant and major fields. Most of the world's largest oilfields are located in the Middle East, but there are also super giant (5 billion bbls) oilfields in Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, and Russia.

A field containing 500 million barrels or more ultimately recoverable reserves is a giant field, while a super giant contains 5 billion barrels or more recoverable reserves.

Amounts listed below, in billions of barrels, are the estimated ultimate recoverable petroleum resources (proved reserves plus cumulative production also abbreviated as URR), given historical production and current extraction technology. Oil shale reserves (perhaps ) and coal reserves, both of which can be converted to liquid petroleum, are not included in this chart. Other non-conventional liquid fuel sources are similarly excluded from this list.

Scientific assessments indicate the existence of substantial undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and natural gas resources in Arctic and other regions, but commercial exploration has either failed or not commenced due to unavailability of permits and approvals, restrictive policies, environmental risks and logistical challenges. The list excludes fields where commercial development has been unsuccessful and fields with no current plan for development and extraction.

Current production is for 2025, except when the year is specifically provided along with the production figure.

Oil fields greater than URR

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! Field !! Location !! Discovered !! Started production !! Peaked !!data-sort-type="number"| Recoverable oil, past and future (billion barrels) !!data-sort-type="number"| Current Production (million barrels/day) !!data-sort-type="number"| Status

| Ghawar Field || Saudi Arabia || 1948 || 1951 disputed || 88-104 || 3.8 (2019) || Production in managed decline phase with focus on maximizing long term extraction, unofficial estimates (from GlobalData) peg the production at 3.06 MBPD in 2023

| Burgan Field || Kuwait || 1937 || 1948 || 2005 || 66-72 || Declining, rate of decline not publicly available

| Bohai Field || China || 1960s (Pilot Output) 2002 (Full Commercial Production) || 1968 || || 0.73-1 || 0.72 (2024)|| Production is stable and gradually increasing, supported by continuous new developments

|Ahvaz Field

|Iran

|1953

|1954

|1970s

|25

|0.75

| Declining

| Upper Zakum oil field || Abu Dhabi, UAE || 1963 || 1982 (1967

|Lower Zakum Field

|United Arab Emirates

|1963

|1967

|17.2

|0.43

|Expected to peak in 2028 at 0.45 MBPD

|Gachsaran Field

|Iran

|1927

|1930

|1974

|66

|0.48

|Declining

|Cantarell Field

|Mexico

|1976

|1981

|2004

|18–35

|Declining, peaked in 2004 at -->

|30–32

|0.18

|Declining

|Tupi Field

|Brazil, Santos Basin

|2007

|2009

|2021

|5–8

|0.79

|Declining

|Roncador Field

|Brazil, Campos Basin

|1996

|1999

|2006

|1.7

|0.10

|Declining

|Ahdeb Oil Field

|Iraq

|1979

|2011

|2015

|0.07

|Declining

|Safaniya Oil Field

|Kuwait/Saudi Arabia

|1951

|1957

|1981

|30

|1.2

|Declining

|Esfandiar Field

|Iran

|1969

|2023

|30

|0.01

|Increasing

|Rumaila Field

|Iraq

|1953

|1954

|1979

|17

|1.4

|Post peak, production stabilized with ongoing investments

|Tengiz Field

|Kazakhstan

|1979

|1993

|2010

|26–40

|Peak production stage

|Kirkuk Field

|Iraq

|1927

|1934

|8.5

|0.29

|Declining

|Shaybah Field

|Saudi Arabia

|1998

|15

|1.0

| Peak production stage

|Majnoon Field

|Iraq

|1975

|2013

|11–20

|14–16

|0.33

|Declining, 90% of reserves recovered 5% decline per year (2008–2014)

|Shaikan Sheikh Adi Field

|Iraqi Kurdistan

|2009

|2013

|4–6

|0.04

|Production is stable with some fluctuation due to external incidents, but generally showing resilience and modest growth

|Romashkino Field

|Russia, Volga-Ural

|1948

|1949

|1965

|16–17

|0.30 (2006)

|13

|0.32 (2023)

|Declining

|Sarir Field

|Libya

|1961

|6.5

|0.21

|Declining

|Priobskoye field

|Russia, West Siberia

|1982

|2000

|13

|0.50 (2019)

|Post peak, gradual managed tapering supported by advanced recovery methods and active drilling

|Lyantorskoye field

|Russia, West Siberia

|1966

|1979

|13

|0.17

|Declining

|Abqaiq Field

|Saudi Arabia

|1940

|1940s

|1973

|12

|0.43

|Declining

|Chicontepec Field

|Mexico

|1926

|6.5

|0.07

|Production is stable and has remained relatively low due to complex reservoir characteristics and high development costs, despite Pemex's ambitious target to attain 1 million bpd

|Zuluf Field

|Saudi Arabia

|1965

|1973

|20

|0.80

|Increasing, planned capacity 1.4 million bpd

|Berri Field

|Saudi Arabia

|1964

|1970

|1976

|12

|0.25

|Post peak, production increased planned to 0.5 million bpd with additional investments

|West Qurna Field

|Iraq

|1973

|1976

|33

|1.0

|Increasing, includes production from West Qurna 1 and West Qurna 2

|Manifa Field

|Saudi Arabia

|1957

|1964

|11

|0.90

|Peak production stage

|Khurais Field

|Saudi Arabia

|1957

|2009

|25

|1.5

|Peak production stage

|Fyodorovskoye Field

|Russia, West Siberia

|1971

|1974

|11

|0.69

|Declining

|East Baghdad Field

|Iraq

|1976

|2018

|0.40

|0.01

|Declining

|Gullfaks

|Norway

|1978

|1986

|1994

|2.1

|0.02

|Declining

|Oseberg

|Norway

|1979

|1988

|2.2

|0.09

|Declining

|Snorre

|Norway

|1979

|1992

|2003

|1.5

|0.09

|Declining

|Johan Sverdrup oil field

|Norway

|2010

|2019

|2023

|2.8

|0.69

|Declining from 2025, 2026 decline expected to be 15% from 2025 levels

|Mamontovskoye Field

|Russia

|Russkoye Field

|Russia

|2.5

|Kamennoe Field

|Russia

|1.9

|Vankor Field

|Russia

|1983

|2009

|3.8

|Vatyeganskoye Field

|Russia

|1.4

|Tevlinsko-Russkinskoye Field

|Russia

|1.3

|Sutorminskoye Field

|Russia

|1.3

|Urengoy group

|Russia

|Ust-Balykskoe Field

|Russia

|>1

|Tuymazinskoe Field

|Russia

|Arlanskoye Field

|Russia

|>2

|South-Hilchuy Field

|Russia

|3.1

|North-Dolginskoye Field

|Russia

|2.2

|Nizhne-Chutinskoe Field

|Russia

|1.7

|South-Dolginskoye Field

|Russia

|1.6

|Prirazlomnoye Field

|Russia

|1989

|2011

|1.4

|West-Matveevskoye Field

|Russia

|1.1

|Sakhalin Islands

|Russia

|14

|Odoptu

|Russia

|Arukutun-Dagi

|Russia

|Piltun-Astokhskoye Field

|Russia

|1986

|1999

|Ayash Field East-Odoptu Field

|Russia

|4.5

|Verhne-Chonskoye Field

|Russia

|1.3

|Talakan Field

|Russia

|1.3

|North-Caucasus Basin

|Russia

|1.7

|Vaca Muerta

|Argentina, Patagonia

|2010

|16

|0.59

|Increasing, expected to peak at 1.3 MBPD in early 2030s

|Clair oilfield

|United Kingdom

|1977

|Declining

|Forties oilfield

|United Kingdom

|1970

|1975

|1979

|0.01

|Declining

|Jupiter field

|Brazil

|2008

|1.6

|Production expected to start in 2028

|Cupiagua/Cusiana

|Colombia

| 1

|Boscán Field, Venezuela

|Venezuela

|1946

|1947

|1990s

|1.6

|0.05-0.1

|Declining

|Mumbai High Field

|India, Arabian Sea

|1965

|1974

|1989

|2.4

|0.13 (2024)

|Declining

|Pembina

|Canada

|1953

|1950 s or some months later.

|1.81

|Declining, production peaked at 0.1 M BPD in 1950s, field is still producing at much smaller quanrity

|Swan Hills

|Canada

|1957

|Late 1950s

|1960s-1970s

|0.01

|Declining

|Rainbow Lake

|Canada

|1956

|1950s

|1.5

|0.002

|Declining, tail end of production

|Hibernia

|Canada

|1979

|1997

|2004

|0.07

|Declining, 85% of reserves recovered

|Terra Nova Field

|Canada

|1984

|2002

|2000 s (shortly after start)

|1.0

|0.18

|Post peak, production stabilized investments

|Kelly-Snyder

|United States, Texas

|1948

|1951

|1.5

|0.02

|Declining

|Bakken Formation

|United States, North Dakota

|1951

|2005

|2019

|7.3

|1.3

|Declining

|Permian Formation

|United States, Texas

|1921

|2005

|2006

|55-105.7

|6.6

|Increasing, rate of increase slowing down, expected to peak in 2026

|Eagle Ford Formation

|United States, Texas

|2008

|2015

|3.8

|1.0

|Declining

|Yates Oil Field

|United States, Texas

|1926

|1929

|3.0 (2.0 billion recovered; 1.0 reserve remaining)

|0.01

|Declining

|Kuparuk oil field

|United States, Alaska

|1969

|1981

|1992

|1-1.5

|0.06

|Post peak, production stabilized using new investments

|Alpine, Alaska

|United States, Alaska

|1994

|2000

|2005

|0.4–1

|0.01

|Post peak, production is currently stable and showing a modest increasing trend due to active development of satellite fields and ongoing drilling

|East Texas Oil Field

|United States, Texas

|1930

|Spraberry Trend

|United States, Texas

|1943

|10

|Wilmington Oil Field

|United States, California

|1932

|South Belridge Oil Field

|United States, California

|1911

|Coalinga Oil Field

|United States, California

|1887

|Elk Hills

|United States, California

|1911

|1.5

|0.1 (2020)

|Production has significantly declined from the peak of 380 KPBD in 2005 to below 100 KPBD

List of oil fields

Oil fields greater than URR

See also

References