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| South Pars/North Dome Field | |
|---|---|
  Location of South Pars/North Dome Field | |
| Country |  Iran Qatar |
| Location | Persian Gulf |
| Offshore/onshore | Offshore |
| Coordinates | 26°37′08.85″N 52°04′04.67″E / 26.6191250°N 52.0679639°E |
| Operators | NIGC QatarEnergy SPGC TotalEnergies |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1971 |
| Start of production | 1989 |
| Production | |
| Peak of production (gas) | 60,000 million cubic feet per day (1,700×106 m3/d) |
| Estimated gas in place | 1,800,000×109 cu ft (51,000×109 m3) |
| Recoverable gas | 1,260,000×109 cu ft (36,000×109 m3) |
| Producing formations | Kangan (Triassic) Upper Dalan (Permian) |
The South Pars/North Dome field is a natural-gas condensate field located in the Persian Gulf. It is by far the world's largest natural gas field,[1] with ownership of the field shared between Iran and Qatar.[2][3] According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the field holds an estimated 1,800 trillion cubic feet (51 trillion cubic metres) of in-situ natural gas and some 50 billion barrels (7.9 billion cubic metres) of natural gas condensates.[4] On the list of natural gas fields it has almost as much recoverable reserves as all the other fields combined. It has significant geostrategic influence.[5]
This gas field covers an area of 9,700 square kilometres (3,700 sq mi), of which 3,700 square kilometres (1,400 sq mi) (South Pars) is in Iranian territorial waters and 6,000 square kilometres (2,300 sq mi) (North Dome) is in Qatari territorial waters.[6]
- ^ IEA, World Energy Outlook 2008 - Chapter 12 - Natural gas resources and production prospects, p.298
- ^ Haaretz; Reuters (5 June 2017). "The Qatar-Iran Gas Field Behind the Diplomatic War in the Middle East". Haaretz. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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- ^ "South Pars attracts $15b in domestic investment". www.payvand.com.
- ^ Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., "Why the Arabs Don’t Want Us in Syria", politico.com, February 22, 2016
- ^ "CEDIGAZ:Current status of the World's gas giants" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-28.