Naft_shahr

Naft Shahr

Naft Shahr

Village in Kermanshah province, Iran

Naft Shahr (Persian: نفت شهر and Kurdish: نەفتشار), also known as Naft Shah, Naft Shāh, Naft-e Shah, Naft-e Shāh, Naft-i-Shah, and Naft-ī-Shah, is a village in Sumar Rural District of Sumar District, Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran.

Quick Facts Persian: نفت شهر, Country ...

At the 2011 National Census, its population was 890 in 14 households.[3] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 184 people in 6 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]

Naft Shahr is known for its oilfields. English explorers found oil in Naft Shahr for the first time in 1931. According to Mehr News Agency, Naft Shahr, which is the only active oilfield in the province, has estimated oil reserves of 692 million barrels.[4]

History

2010 incident

On Saturday 29 May 2010 fire broke out at well number 24 at the Naft Shahr oil field.[4] It was put out in 38 days.[5]

Oil field

Naft shahr oil field is located 72 km south of Qasr-e Shirin and 230 km south west of Kermanshah. This field is a common field between Iran and Iraq and provides a portion of Kermanshah's refinery feed.[6] After Iraq-Iran war, reconstruction of the equipment at this refinery was incomplete and did not have safety equipment and measurement systems.[7] The type of its oil is light crude oil.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    OpenStreetMap contributors (16 July 2023). "Naft Shahr, Qasr-e Shirin County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 05. Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Iran oil rig fire may blaze for six months – report". Reuters. 31 May 2010.
  5. [5]
    "شهر زیبای نفت‌شهر".
  6. [6]
    "Naft-Shahr Oilfield Development Project Makes 75% Progress". 12 November 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Engineering, Procurement and Construction of Naftshahr Desalting unit – Oil & Energy Industries Development Company".
  8. [8]
    Kermanshah Oil Refining Company ipo.ir
  9. [9]
    "هاست شما مسدود میباشد". arena-petrogas.com.
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