Saudi Arabia Oil Fields Map

Saudi Arabia Oil Fields Map. The major onshore oil fields of Saudi Arabia are the Ghawar and Safaniyah fields Lighter grades generally are produced onshore, while medium and heavy grades come mainly from offshore fields.


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Headquarter: Dhahran, Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia Operator: Saudi Aramco Discovery: 1951 Star of Production: 1957 Current Production of Oil: 1,200,000 barrels per day Estimated Oil Reserve: 37,000. The Ghawar field is the world's largest oil field with estimated recoverable reserves of 75 billion barrels

It is located in the Eastern Province and spreads over an area of 1,800 hectares. Lighter grades generally are produced onshore, while medium and heavy grades come mainly from offshore fields. Figure 1 is a detailed map showing the location of the oil fields and areas studied

. Of Saudi Arabia's total crude oil production capacity, more than 70% is considered light gravity, with the remaining crude oil considered medium or heavy gravity Revised November 2023, this map illustrates Saudi oil and gas infrastructure

Factbox Anatomy of Saudi Arabia?s crude oil capabilities S&P Global Commodity Insights. Most of the onshore oil fields are located within the Eastern Province's borders, along the coast of the Arabian Gulf and its maritime borders Ghawar (Arabic: الغوار) is an oil field located in Al-Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.Measuring 280 by 30 km (170 by 19 mi) (some 8,400 square kilometres (3,200 sq mi)), it is by far the largest conventional oil field in the world, [1] and accounts for roughly a third of the cumulative oil.