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transport crude oil by road from the loading Azadegan field to south, to Band Karkheh, 2012 to prove oil deposits in the Asmari, Ilam,
site in Iraq to the Jordanian Petroleum Susangerd, Jofair and Sepehr fields to Sarvak and Kajdomi formations. The second
Refinery site in Zarqa at a rate of 10,000 southeast. Sohrab accommodates Ilam, exploration well was drilled in 2014 in the
barrels per day, an Iraqi government official Sarvak, Gadvan and Fahlyan reservoirs whose southern part of the field.
said. The official, who declined to be named, rock is mainly carbonated. Sohrab is one of Sohrab field is estimated to hold 2 billion
said Jordan would be supplied by oil at a prioritized fields for foreign investment in barrels of oil in place, 150 million barrels of
discounted price since it would bear the cost Iran’s petroleum industry. which is recoverable.
of transport. Given the significance of projects in West The oil has an API gravity of 16 in the Ilam
The Ministry has set the deadline for Karoun and the necessity of accelerating the layer, 17.5 in Sarvak, 31 in Kajdomi and 35
obtaining a copy of the bidding documents process of recovery from these fields, as well in Gadvan. Well No. 1 of the Sohrab field has
and submitting inquiries on 27 May and the as sanctions in effect against Iran, the bulk been completed for early production by the
deadline for submitting bids is on the third of activities defined for the oil production Arvandan Oil and Gas Production Company.
week of June. and development cycle, including drilling, oil Soroush, which started production in 2001
Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral pipeline building and oil distribution stations in partnership with Royal Dutch Shell in 2001,
Resources is responsible for transporting in the West Karoun fields have been assigned is known as Iran’s largest offshore oil field.
crude oil from Iraq to the refinery in to domestic companies. Furthermore, the Due to natural decline in production trend,
Zarqa, according to the memorandum of share of job creation for local people has this field needs to be upgraded with modern
understanding signed between the Jordanian increased in recent years in West Karoun. technology in order to be developed. The
and Iraqi sides. It has also to be noted that along with the main reservoir of this field is Bourgen located
ZAWYA development of West Karoun fields, extensive in the west of the Persian Gulf.
infrastructure and job opportunities would Soroush is located in Bushehr Province,
US smuggles 80 trucks of be created; and economy would grow more precisely 83 kilometers southwest of
Kharg Island. Discovered in 1962, the field
prosperous, leading to upgraded security
oil, wheat from Syria to Iraq along Iran’s borders. became operational at a rate of 14,000 b/d
after the drilling of the first well. The field
Attracting investment is an effective factor
The American forces have reportedly in the development of oil and gas fields. was harmed severely during the 1980-1988
smuggled 80 trucks of oil and wheat from Based on such approach, the undeniable imposed war. The field halted production
Syria to Iraq. According to the Syrian news achievement of the Petroleum Ministry in during the conflict. Arrangements for the
agency, SANA, Americans are looting Syrian West Karoun is development of fields by renovation of this field started in 2000 and
resources. Local sources in al-Hasakah Iranian contractors and domestic companies. development of the field began two years later.
province, in the northeastern corner of Syria, Sohrab field is a case in point. A Iran’s Petroleum Ministry introduced
confirmed that US convoys carried Syrian oil memorandum was signed in 2012 between Soroush for foreign investment during a
and wheat to northern Iraq this morning. National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) and Dana conference held a couple of years ago to roll
A US convoy including 45 trucks and oil Energy for the development of Sohrab. But out a new type of oil contract. Iran hopes
tankers was smuggled from northeastern Syria the project has been delayed due to various to enhance output from old fields by using
to northern Iraq, the same report confirmed. reasons, mainly sanctions. This memorandum big oil companies’ capital and cutting edge
Some sources also informed that 43 contains three phases – preparing a technical technology.
American trucks carried wheat from Syria to report, heads of agreement, MDP and full During 15 years of production, Soroush
Iraq on the same day. development. The field was initially planned has produced only less than 3% of its reserves,
Recently, 35 trucks carrying stolen to be developed during a period of 48-52 or about 360 million barrels of oil.
wheat were transported from al-Hasakah to months with an investment of $500-600 Soroush last underwent development
northern Iraq. million. The Sohrab field has capacity to under a buyback deal with Shell in 2000.
MEHR NEWS produce 10,000 b/d, but it can supply more Under this deal, 10 horizontal wells were
than 30,000 b/d. drilled in the field. In total, there are 32
Iran developing Sohrab Plain, more specifically near the Iran-Iraq wells in Soroush, producing oil with an API
The Sohrab anticline is located in Abadan
gravity of 14 to 21. The API gravity of the oil
oilfield border and north of the Azadegan field. NIOC currently being produced is 18.
Soroush remains the largest field owned by
Directorate of Exploration has conducted
Iran shares Sohrab oil field with Iraq. It is 3D seismic testing in Sohrab. That was when the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC);
limited by the Mehr block to north, to the the Sohrab-1 exploration well was drilled in however, it is among the oldest oil reservoirs

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