Az Zubair Field


The Az Zubair Field, also known as Az-Zubayr, is an oil field located in southern Iraq, west of Basrah. It is one of the largest fields in the world and was discovered by the Basrah Petroleum Company, an associate of the Iraq Petroleum Company, in 1949. It has of proven reserves and currently produces but in the next years, under the field's expansion programme, production is expected to reach a plateau level of.
The development contract has been awarded to a consortium led by Eni with Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Korea Gas Corporation and Iraq's state-run Missan Oil Company.