Hydrocarbon source rock evaluation of the super giant ahwaz oil field, sw iran. This onshore field contains the biggest petroleum find anywhere in the world during the past 20 years. Petroleum geology plays an important role in todays society. The purpose of this paper is to interpret this abnormal reservoir feature by examining the accumulation elements, characteristics, and evolution based on the 3d seismic, coring, and well. Order code rs20871 updated july 20, 2001 crs report for. Aug 12, 2019 azadegan is the largest oil field discovered in iran in the last 30 years, and one of the biggest globally, with estimated oil in place of around 67 billion barrels including the yaran north and yaran south fields, which are part of the wider structure. It is located 80 kilometres 50 mi west of ahvaz, near the iraqi border. Geographical distribution of iraqi oil fields and its. Depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of the. Liquid chromatography show that, the type of oil is aromatic intermediate, which. Economic evaluation of fiscal regime of buyback contracts.
Iran open to azadegan oilfield development by consortium. Japans inpex in running for azadegan oil field deal, iranian. The rise and fall of the japaniran partnership in azadegan by michael penn the story of how japan gained, and then lost, the development rights to one of the richest oil fields in the world has been treated rather casually in the. It also gives practical guidelines as to how a production geologist can analyze the reservoir geology and fluid flow characteristics of an oil field with the aim of improving hydrocarbon recovery. The field is located in southwestern iran, near iraq. Petroleum geochemistry and burial history modeling in the azadegan oil field.
As a result of this short distance migration, oils can directly be linked to the source rocks which generated them by oil. In structural dividing of the folded belt and trusted of zagros. In 2004, a governmentbacked japanese consortium signed an agreement with the government of iran to develop the major azadegan oil field. With over a third of humanity becoming dependent on.
In a mark of progress since the iranian nuclear deal, discussions are now underway for development of phase two of both of the latter fields. Solar energy, because of irans climatic conditions, may be used for sweeteni ng. Kashagan oil field analysis of geology, geophysics and. Total field production of 600 mstbd 280 mstbd additional production in phase2. Determining reservoir potential in the yaran oil field. The upper cretaceous sarvak reservoir in the azadegan oil field of southwest iran has its oil water contact nearly horizontal from the north to the center and dips steeply from the center to the south. Last november, iran and japan reached an agreement allowing tokyo priority bidding rights to develop the field, a key goal for oil dependent japan. Azadegan is a relatively new stream, with production about totaling 0.
We, through a whollyownedsubsidiary, azadegan petroleum development, ltd. Geographical distribution of iraqi oil fields and its relation with the new constitution kamil almehaidi petroleum adviser background and objective. Azadegan oil field in south west of iran is located about 80 km. Sinopec still negotiating to develop irans yadavaran oilfield. Field country discovery year ultimate recoverable reserves gb kashagan kazakhstan 2000 79 azadegan iran 1999 69 roncador brazil 1996 2. North azadegan oilfield is located about 120 kilometers west of southern city of ahwaz on the margin of iraniraq border and by the operation of the first phase of the project, oil production is envisaged to reach 75,000 barrels per day. Darkhovin was irans first onshore field to be developed by a foreign.
Genetic mechanism and development of the unsteady sarvak. The area is topographically flat with ground level of several meters and called the abadan mesopotamian plane, while most of the iranian oil fields are situated in the mountainous zagros area. In 1908, iran was the first country in the persian gulf to discover oil. I work as superintendent geologist in south azadegan oil field wells as tec tehran energy consultants annual contractemployee. Genetic mechanism and development of the unsteady sarvak play of the azadegan oil.
The azadegan paleohigh is a basementcored complex horst abdollahiefard et al. Lithofacies variation of lower cretaceous sedimentary. Seiran ahmadian senior structural geologist sahrakav. Fully developed, azadegan is expected to supply up to 6 percent of japans oil imports. Jan 23, 2016 the upper cretaceous sarvak reservoir in the azadegan oil field of southwest iran has its oilwater contact nearly horizontal from the north to the center and dips steeply from the center to the south. Iran has launched the tender for the development of the azadegan oil field in the countrys southwest, and has already invited international oil companies to participate, the islamic republic. Geology and petroleum american association of petroleum. Pdf carbonate reservoir rocks at giant oil and gas. Petroleum geologists are the men and women who know how to read the story told by the very earth beneath our feet in order to find oil and natural gas, which are vital resources in our lives. The field has an approximate area of 900 square kilometres 350 sq mi.
Abdolreza hosainnejad said yadavaran and northern azadegan oil fields will continue november 23, 20. International journal of environmental science and technology. The azadegan field, which is located in southwestern iran, was discovered in 1999. Akhil prabhakar subrat sundarayabhinav singh sunita mohapatraankit khaitan tanmay biswas. Eghbali abstract geochemical analysis on oil samples from gurpi and sarvak formation in azadegan oil field includes liquid chromatography, gas chromatographymass spectrometry gcms, stable isotope carbon and biomarkers studies. The thickness of the sarvak formation is varied from 608 to 637.
The aim of this study is to examine and compare hydrocarbon generation potential of gadvan formation by using rock eval analysis in 5 wells of the azadegan oil field. Collectively these fields still produce approximately 15 million barrels a day, over 22% of the worlds total oil. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover siamaks connections and jobs at similar companies. The rise and fall of the japaniran partnership in azadegan michael penn oil and power. Productivity evaluation and influential factor analysis for sarvak reservoir in south azadegan oil field, iran. It explains the background to production geology in the context of oil field subsurface operations. Known oil field size and grown oil field size versus field discovery year for horst. South yaran oil field in north dezful subzone of abadan plain and to the border of iran and iraq and 80 km of south west azadegan oil field located. Please click here to see a list of international oil companies iocs operating in iraq under licences granted by the ministry of oil in baghdad. The azadegan field, located in sw iran, has been introduced as the largest undeveloped oilfield of the world. Siamak bahrami jooneghani iran professional profile. Rockeval pyrolysis and its results are commonly used for determination and interpretation of the characteristics of sedimentary basins. Azadegan is the largest oil field discovered in iran in the last 30 years, and one of the biggest globally, with estimated oil in place of around 33 billion barrels including the yaran north and yaran south fields, which are part of the wider structure.
Resourcepoor japan has been planning to develop irans azadegan oil field, estimated to hold the worlds secondbiggest single oil reserve, despite objections from washington. New field wildcat wells versus drilling completion year, cumulative number of oil fields versus field discovery year, and cumulative number of gas fields versus field discovery year for central arch horstblock anticlinal oil and gas assessment unit 43. Jun 20, 2017 a tender for developing irans azadegan oilfield has been delayed by another few months to allow energy companies more time to study the field, a senior iranian oil official said on tuesday. The field is located in south western iran, 100 kilometres south west of ahvaz and 40 kilometres north east of the abadan refinery. View siamak bahrami jooneghanis profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.
His main published research articles are in the fields of organicpetroleum geochemistry, source rock evaluation, and petroleum system modeling. Azadegan oil field referring to the completion of reservoir studies in the north azadegan gasoil field, the project manager, karamat behbahani, said, development of the second. North azadegan oil field ready for production the iran project. He is proffesor of petorleum geology in shahid chamran university scu of ahvaz and director of petroleum geology and geochemistry research center pggrc of scu. May 29, 2017 tender for irans azadegan oilfield has started. Genetic mechanism and development of the unsteady sarvak play. Asmari reservoir in azadegan oil field in south west of iran, national iranian south oil company. Whale oil was the only alternative to kerosene discovery of big oil in the gulf coast titusville, pa, 1859 beaumont, tx, 1901 oil springs, on, 1857 spindletop,tx 1901 a real gusher. Petroleum geochemistry and burial history modeling in the azadegan oil field in persian. Azadegan oil field the azadegan field is located near the national border with iraq in the khuzestan province of southwestern iran fig. Geo expro unlocking the petroleum potential of iran. North azadegan oil field ready for production tehran, feb. Azadegan oil field in the north of the dezful embayment in south west iran. Iranian oil technician majid afshari checks the oil separator facilities in azadegan oil field, near ahvaz, iran.
Not only has the project been given the goahead despite numerous political obstacles and poor prospects attributed it, but the agreement also appears to be in conflict with japans. The azadegan field was irans biggest oil find in 30 years when announced in 1999. There are many ways the field of geology contributes to the petroleum industry. Iranian azadegan oil field compared to production sharing contracts, using the simulation technique. Pedec petroleum development and engineering company is a national iranian oil company that responsible for developing the azadegan oil field. The field contains oil inplace resources of close to 8 billion barrels, in carbonate reservoirs of the cretaceous khami and bangestan groups. Pdf solar desalination plant site suitability through. Productivity evaluation and influential factor analysis for sarvak reservoir in south azadegan oil field, iran liu hui 1, guo rui 1, dong junchang 1, liu li 2, liu yang 1, yi yingjie 1 1. Freshwater resources represent around 3% of all water on earth, and less than 1% of that is available. Productivity evaluation and influential factor analysis for. The heavy centralization by which the iraqi oil sector used to be run meant that it was not necessary to accurately determine the geographic locations of oil and gas fields. For this purpose, geochemical investigation of gadvan formation as the potential source rocks was carried out with 33 core samples in the studied areas.
Hydrocarbon vertical continuity evaluation in the cretaceous. Iran says china keeping north azadegan oil project. Pedec chief criticize performance of chinese oil firms. Australian journal of basic and applied sciences 052010. Secretariat officials secretary general he dr purnomo. Productivity evaluation and influential factor analysis. Sherkate melliye nafte iran is a governmentowned national oil and natural gas producer and distributor under the direction of the ministry of petroleum of iran. Different structural maps of the nowrooz oil field for location see figure 3, extracted from a 3d reservoir model and shown in map view. Pdf productivity evaluation and influential factor analysis. May, 20 kashagan oil field analysis of geology, geophysics and petroleum system 1. Modelling of each drainage area provides estimates of the amount of oil expelled by each source rock. In february 2004, we concluded a service contract with the national iranian oil company n. The publications of the bureau of mines, which was created in 1910 to carry on investigations in connection with the waste, recovery.
Advanced petroleum geology west virginia university. Pete webb esanda engineering objectives a series of work about building the geological model and reservoir simulation model based on the case study of the oil and gas field, and testing and updating the geological model and reservoir simulation. Despite tehrans attempts to diversify the economy, the oil and gas industry is still the critical engine of economic growth. Production of the first phase of both the north azadegan oil field and the yadavaran oil field only got underway in 2015, despite the contracts having been signed in 2009 and 2007, respectively. Investigation of hydrocarbon generation potential of gadvan. In february 2002 we won another major contract with nioc for a similar study of seven oil fields that are already in operation. Petroleum has been the primary industry in iran since the 1920s. Carbonate reservoir rocks at giant oil and gas fields in sw iran and the adjacent offshore. Then, the economic information about azadegan oil field is provided. Yadavaran field oil field is one of the nioc recent discoveries which is located in khuzestan, iran the name is new, as the field is made up of two former fields, koushk discovered in 2000 and hosseinieh discovered in 2002. Free fulltext pdf articles from hundreds of disciplines, all in one place genetic mechanism and development of the unsteady sarvak play of the azadegan oil field, southwest of iran pdf paperity toggle navigation. The varied disciplines of geology explore the history of the earth itself in hopes of understanding in greater detail where oil comes from and where more oil might be found, as well as the best ways to retrieve oil and utilize it once it has been retrieved. Oil field production geology geoscienceworld books. Iran launches tender for azadegan oil field development.
Last year, a japanese consortium signed a deal to develop the azadegan oil field, irans biggest oil discovery in 30 years. Considering current conditions, as well as future predictions of need, freshwater resources cannot meet human needs. The azadegan field, in southwest iran near the border with iraq, is considered to be the biggest oilfield in the. Abadan plain is a under structural zagros folded belt that construct the west south end of falling in the north of dezful. The first exploration well was drilled in the field in 1976, but its discovery was finalized after drilling the second well in 1999. We use cookies to offer you a better experience, personalize content, tailor advertising, provide social media features, and better understand the use of our services. Nioc was established in 1948 and restructured under the consortium agreement of 1954. Geologic overview and petroleum systems of the greater ghawar. The ns trending azadegan oilfield was discovered in 1999 by national iranian oil company nioc and consists of two parts, corresponding to cambrian salt tectonic activity.
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