Name: Kirkuk
Controlled by: Disputed.
Location: In the governorate of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, near the town of Kirkuk. Includes the Avana Dome, Bab [Baba] Dome, Jambur [Jambour] and Khabbaz fields.
Discovery: 1927
Reserves: 8.7 billion barrels of oil
Size: An elongated, northwest-southeast oriented structure over 100 kilometers long and up to 4 kilometers wide.
Quality: variable
Developed by: North Oil Company and BP. On 1st August 2024, BP signed a memorandum of understanding to rehabilitate and develope the four fields of the North Oil Company (NOC) in Kirkuk, namely the Kirkuk field with its two domes (Baba and Avana), as well as the Bai Hassan, Jambur, and Khabbaz fields, with potential expansion to other exploratory fields.
Contract granted: none
Contract duration: n/a
Remuneration: n/a
Production started: 1934
Plateau production target: n/a. Producing about 300k bpd early 2015.
Other companies involved in the development: BP
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A full list of oil and gas fields controlled by the Ministry of Oil in Baghdad can be found here.