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Karanj oil field

Karanj oil field

Iranian oil field

The Karanj oil field is an Iranian oil field located 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of the Ahvaz City,[1] in Khuzestan Province.[2][3] It was discovered in 1963[4] and the production was started after installing production facilities in 1964.[5] Oil production of Karanj field is about 200,000 barrels per day (32,000 m3/d).[6] The field has a 650-metre thick oil column with an API gravity of 33.9 deg. Its oil reserves have been estimated at 11.2 bn barrels, with gas at about 3.5 TCF.[7] A gas injection project at Karanj was completed in 1995. The field is owned by state-owned National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and operated by National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC).[8]

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  1. [1]
    "NISOC to Develop 27 Oil Reservoirs". Financial Tribune. 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Karanj oil field" (PDF). NISOC.
  3. [3]
    "Iran Explores New Crude Reserves in Southern Karanj Field". Shana.ir.
  4. [4]
    "IRAN - Karanj-Parsi". thefreelibrary.com.
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    "Depositional Environment of the Asmari Reservoir Cap rock in Karanj Oil Field" (PDF). Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.
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    "Extraction of Crude Petroleum in Iran-Overview". mbendi.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 2005-11-19. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
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    "Giant oil and gas fields" (PDF). rand.org. 2010. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  8. [8]
    "Iran - Onshore Oil & Gas Fields". The Free Library. 2014.


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