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This 'list of oil fields' includes major fields of the past and present. The list is incomplete; there are more than 40,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world^[1].

However, 94% of known oil is concentrated in fewer than 1500 giant and major fields ^[2]
N.B. Some of the items listed are basins that are composed of many fields (e.g. Campos Basin). The largest discovered conventional oil field is the Ghawar Field (75-83 billion); some unconventional oil fields, such as tar sand deposits, contain even greater reserves like Venezuela's Orinoco Tar sands which contain the biggest oil reserves in the world.
Amounts given are estimated ultimate recoverable resources (proved reserves plus cumulative production) in barrels. Non-conventional sources, such as Oil shale reserves are not included in this chart.

Selected oil fields

Country	Province [3]	Field	Ultimate
Middle East
Abu Dhabi	Rub Al Khali Basin	Umm Shaif Field
		Zakum Field	20 billion
Bahrain	Greater Ghawar Uplift	Awali	1 billion
Iraq	Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin	East Baghdad Field	11 billion
		Kirkuk Field	16 billion
		Majnoon Field	11-20 billion
		Rumaila Field	20 billion
		West Qurna Field	11-15 billion
Iran		Abouzar Field
		Aghajari Field	14 billion
		Ahwaz Field	17 billion
		Azadegan Field	3-6 billion
		Balal Field
		Darkhovin Field
		Dehluran Field
		Dorood Field
		Esfandiar Field
		Fereidoon Field
		Gachsaran Field	15 billion
		Marun Field	16 billion
		Naftshahr Field
		Nowrouz Field
		Salman Field
		Sirri Field
		Yadavaran Field	~6 billion?
Kuwait	Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin	Burgan Field	66-72 billion
		Minagish	2 billion
		Raudhatain	6 billion
		Sabriya	3.8-4 billion
Oman	Fahud-Huqf	Yibal	1 billion
Qatar	Qatar Arch	Maydan Mahzam	0.550 billion
		Bul Hanine Field	0.690 billion
	Greater Ghawar Uplift	Dukhan Field	2.2 billion
Saudi Arabia	Rub Al Khali	Shaybah Field	15 billion
		Abu Hadriya Field
	Greater Ghawar uplift	Abu-Sa'fah field	6.1 billion
		Abqaiq Field	12 billion
		Berri Field	12 billion
		Dammam Field
		Fadhili Field
		Foroozan-Marjan Field
		Ghawar Field	71 billion[4]
		Harmaliya Field
		Khursaniyah Field
		Manifa Field	11 billion
		Marjan Field
		Qatif Field
		Zuluf Field
Neutral Zone	Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin	Safaniya-Khafji Field
Yemen	Marib al Jawf	Alif Field	500 million
		As'sad Al Kamil	140 million
	Masila	Camaal
		Tawilah
		Sunah
Africa
Algeria	Ghadames	Bir Rebaa
	Ouargla	Hassi Messaoud	9 billion
	Illizi	Djanet
	Berkine	Ourhound
		Hassi Berkine
Angola	Lower Congo fan	Kizomba Complex	2 billion
		Dalia (oil field)	1 billion
		Cobo/Pambi
		Dalia (oil field)
		Dikanza
		Girassol
		Kissanje
		Nemba
		Pacassa
		Takula
		Xikomba
Egypt	Red Sea rift / Gulf of Suez	Badri
		Belayim	>1 billion
		Belayim Marine	ca. .5 billion
		July	ca. .5 billion
		Ramadan (oil field)	ca. .5 billion
		Ras Budran
		Morgan (oil field)
		October (oil field)
Equatorial Guinea	Niger Delta toe-Thrust	Alba (oil field)
		Zafiro	~ 1 billion
	Rio Muni Basin	Ceiba (oil field)
Gabon	Oggoué Delta	Etame
		Rabi-Kounga	800 million
Nigeria	Niger Delta	ca 250 fields, total :	ca 60 billion
	Agbami Field	0.8-1.2 billion
	Bonga Field	1.4 billion
Europe and Former Soviet Union
Azerbaijan	South Caspian Basin	Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli	5.4 billion
		Shah Deniz	2.5 billion
Kazakhstan	Pre-Caspian Basin	Tengiz Field	6-9 billion
		Karachaganak Field	2.5 billion
		Kashagan Field	13 billion
		Kurmangazy Field	6-7 billion
Norway	Viking Graben (North Sea)	Ekofisk oil field	3.3 billion
		Troll Vest	1.4 billion
		Statfjord	3.4 billion
		Gullfaks	2.1 billion
		Oseberg	2.2 billion
		Snorre	1.5 billion
	West of Helgeland (Norwegian Sea)	Norne
		Draugen
Russia	Western Siberia Lowlands	Samotlor Field	20 billion
	Volga-Ural	Romashkino Field	16-17 billion
	Sakhalin Islands		14 billion
Germany	Northwest German Basin	Mittelplate	~.4 billion
United Kingdom		Alba oilfield
		Andrew oilfield
		Auk oilfield
		Scorpion oilfield
		Beatrice oilfield
		Brae oilfield
		Brent oilfield
		Bruce oilfield
		Buchan oil field
		Buzzard oilfield
		Clair oilfield
		Claymore oilfield
		Cormorant oilfield
		Dunlin oilfield
		Eider oilfield
		Forties oilfield
		Foinaven oilfield
		Fulmar oilfield
		Gannet oilfield
		Goliat()
		Harding oilfield
		Kittiwake oilfield
		Magnus oilfield
		Nelson oilfield
		North Cormorant oilfield
		Osprey oilfield
		Piper oilfield (see also Piper Alpha)
		Rhum gasfield
		Schehallion oilfield
		Shearwater oilfield
		Tern oilfield
		Wytch Farm	.65 million tonnes
Romania		Ploiesti oilfield
South America
Brazil	Campos Basin	Numerous fields, total :	ca. 8 billion
	''including''	Marlim	1.7 billion
		Albacora	500 million
		Roncador (oil field)	2.7 billion
Colombia	Llanos	Caño Limón	.1 billion
		Cupiagua/Cusiana	~ 1 billion
Ecuador	Putumayo-Oriente	Dorine (oil field)
		Eden Yutui
		Palo Azul
		Sacha (oil field)
		Shushufindi (oil field)
		Villano (oil field)
Venezuela	Maracaibo	Bolivar Coastal Field	ca. 30 billion
		Boscán Field, Venezuela	1.6 billion
	East Venezuela	''Orinoco tar sands''	''1700 billion (OOIP)''
North America
Canada	Western Canada	''Athabasca Tar Sands''	''1700 billion''
	Newfoundland	Hibernia	3.0 billion
		Terra Nova Field	1.0 billion
		Hebron-Ben Nevis	0.7 billion
		White Rose Field	0.44 billion
		Garden Hill	0.3 billion
Mexico	Campeche Sound	Cantarell Field	15-20 billion
	Chicontepec	Chicontepec Fields	17 billion
United States	Permian Basin	SACROC	1.5 billion
		Yates	1.5 billion
	Alaska North Slope	Prudhoe Bay	13 billion
	ANS - ANWR	None known	10.4 billion??
	Illinois Basin	Numerous small fields	4 billion
	Mid-Continent	East Texas Oil Field	6 billion
	Los Angeles Basin	Wilmington Oil Field	0.3 billion
		Elk Hills Field	(1 billion)
	Deepwater Gulf of Mexico	Atlantis Oil Field,	600 million
		Thunder Horse Field	>1 billion
		Knotty Head	.2 - .5 billion
		Jack Field[5]	in development
	Alaminos Canyon[6]	The Great White	in development
		Tobago	in development
		Silvertip	in development
Asia-Pacific
Australia	Bass Strait	Kingfish	~1.2 billion
		Halibut	~1 billion
	NW shelf, Carnavon Basin	Goodwyn
		Enfield
		Wanaea-Cossack
China	Songlao	Daqing Field	16 billion
		Shengli Field
	Bohai Bay	Jidong Field	2.2 billion(?)
	Tarim	Tahe Field	8 billion(?)
India	Assam	Digboi Field
	Cambay	Kalol Field
		Balol Field
	Barmer (W. Rajasthan)	Several Fields	~ 2 billion
	Mumbai offshore	Bombay High
	Krishna Godavari	Ravva Field
	Gujarat	Santhal Field
Indonesia	Northwest Java Basin	Ardjuna
	North Sumatra	Arun (oil field)
	Central Sumatra Basin	Duri
		Minas (oil field)
	Asri Basin	Widuri
	Kutei Basin	Attaka
		West Seno
		Nilam
	Natuna Sea	Belida

Contents

See also

References

See also

★ List of natural gas fields

★ Oil shale reserves

References

1. Schlumberger World Energy Atlas
2. Ivanhoe, L. F, and G G. Leckie, -"Global oil, gas fields, sizes tallied, analyzed," Oil and Gas Journal. Feb. 15, 1993, pp. 87-91
3. "Oil provinces" are larger than "petroleum systems" and characterized by a stratigraphic sequence and a tectonic stetting. The partition of oil provinces, and their names, can change from source to source. The names used here are from USGS.
4. http://www.saudiaramco.com
5. Chron.com-A first: Shell plans to produce at 8,000 feet in Gulf
6. www.finanznachrichten.de-Chevron Announces It Is Proceeding With a Major Oil Field Development Project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico's Ultradeep Water