Where is the Ghawar field located?

Ghawar field

The Ghawar field, pronounced with a stressed waw, meaning very deep, or far in the ground, is one of the oil fields. Its formation dates back to the Carboniferous era, that is, about three hundred and twenty years ago. It is the largest oil field in the world. It was discovered in 1948 AD, and later. Three years later, electricity was connected to the field, and oil extraction began in huge quantities, and oil production and refining operations began.

Ghawar field location

The Ghawar field is located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and most of it is located in Al-Ahsa Governorate, and Al-Hofuf in the eastern side, and in Ain Dar, Shaqdam, Al-Uthmaniyah, Al-Hawiyah, and Al-Rahdh, in the north and south. The length of the Ghawar field is 280 kilometers, while its width is 30 kilometers. Thus, it is the largest oil field in Saudi Arabia and in the world, with a significant difference from the second largest oil field, which is the Qurna field, which is located in western Iraq. As for Saudi Arabia itself, the Safaniyah field, located in the Arabian Gulf, comes in second place after the Ghawar field, and occupies first place. Globally in water-based oil fields. It is owned by the Saudi National Oil Company Aramco, and the oil is refined in the largest oil refinery in the world, the Abqaiq plant, which is located in Saudi Arabia, and also close to the Ghawar field.

production

The amount of oil production from the Ghawar field in the period between the start of production until the year 2000 amounted to about 60-65% of the total Saudi oil production, so that it produced 60 billion barrels until the end of 2005, and its production today is estimated at more than 5 million barrels of oil per day. Thus, the production of the Ghawar field represents 6.25% of global oil production.

Reserves

Saudi Aramco, which owns the Ghawar field, maintains a lot of data about it, but announced that it contains a reserve estimated at 71 billion barrels of proven reserves. According to economic reports, the volume of oil production from the Ghawar field reached its peak in 2005, after which its production began to decline. At a rate of 8% annually.