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Ghawar / Al-Ghawār /الغوار is an oil field located in Al-Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. It measures 280 by 30 km (174 by 19 mi), it is by far the largest conventional oil field in the world. The Ghawar field accounts for more than half of the cumulative oil production of Saudi Arabia. It is entirely owned and operated by Saudi Aramco, the state run Saudi oil company.

Operator

Saudi Aramco

Discovered

1948 Max Steineke, was the chief geologist of Aramco at the time of discovery

Start of production

1951

Location

Saudi Arabia

Five production areas:

  • Ain Dar
  • Shedgum
  • Uthmaniyah
  • Hawiyah
  • Haradh.

Region

Eastern Province

Type

Onshore

External maps

Ghawar Field map and regional setting

Regional cross section through Ghawar

Total Wells at Ghawar. Blue wells are waterflood injectors, red are production wells.

Production and reserves

(Millions of barrels)

Currently

  • Current production of oil 5,000,000 barrels per day (~2.5×108 t/a)
  • Current production of gas 2,000×106 cu ft/d (57×106 m3/d)
  • Estimated oil in place 71,000 million barrels (~9.7×109 t)
  • Estimated gas in place 110,000×109 cu ft (3,100×109 m3)
  • Producing formations Upper/Middle Jurassic, Upper/Lower Permian, Lower Devonian

2010

In April 2010, Saad al-Treiki, Vice-President for Operations at Aramco, stated, in a news conference reported in Saudi media, that over 65 billion barrels (10.3 km3) have been produced from the field since 1951. Treiki further stated that the total reserves of the field had originally exceeded 100 billion barrels (16 km3)

2008

Saudi Aramco reported in mid-2008 that Ghawar had produced 48% of its proven reserves

1975

  • Production: 1,665.6
  • Cumulative production: 12,542
  • Reserves: 70,458
  • Total recovery: 83,000


References

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Noteworthy papers in OnePetro

Dasgupta, S. N. 2004. Reservoir Monitoring With Permanent Borehole Seismic Sensors: Ghawar Field Arab-D Reservoir. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. OnePetro

Phelps, R. E., & Strauss, J. P. 2001. Simulation of Vertical Fractures and Stratiform Permeability of the Ghawar Field. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://www.doi.org/doi:10.2118/66389-MS.

Ruvalcaba Velarde, S. A., & Oubina, A. 2012. Process Management Strategies For Performance Improvement Of Intelligent Field Commissioning: South Ghawar Case Study. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://www.doi.org/doi:10.2118/162310-MS.

Stenger, B. A., Ameen, M. S., Al-Qahtani, S., & Pham, T. R. 2002. Pore Pressure Control of Fracture Reactivation in the Ghawar Field, Saudi Arabia. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://www.doi.org/doi:10.2118/77642-MS.

Tammar, H., Alkadem, M., Jandal, A., & Atayev, N. 2014. Optimizing Acid Stimulation Treatment Design in South Ghawar Power Water Injectors Wells. Society of Petroleum Engineers. http://www.doi.org/doi:10.2118/172213-MS.


External links

Wikipedia

See also

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