Recent Discoveries
Since 1995, National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has made significant oil and gas discoveries, standing for some 84-billion-barrel (1.34×1010 m3) of oil in place and at least 175×1012 cu ft (5,000 km3) of gas in place, which are listed below.
| Field's name | Oil in pPlace | Recoverable oil | Discovery year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billion Barrel | Billion Barrel | ||
| Azadegan | 33.2 | 5.2 | |
| Yadavaran (Kushk+Hosseinieh) | 17 | 3 | |
| Ramin | 7.398 | 1.11 | 2007 |
| South Pars Oil Layer | 6 | NA | |
| Band-E-Karkeh | 4.5 | NA | 2007 |
| Mansour Abad | 4.45 | NA | 2007 |
| Changoleh | 2.7 | NA | |
| Azar | 2.07 | NA | 2007 |
| Paranj | 1.6 | NA | 2007 |
| Andimeshk (Balaroud) | 1.1 | 0.233 | 2007 |
| Binalood | 0.776 | 0.099 | 2008 |
| Mansouri-Khami layer | 0.760 | NA | |
| Jofeyr-Fahliyan layer | 0.750 | NA | 2008 |
| Asaluyeh | 0.525 | NA | 2008 |
| Arvand | 0.500 | NA | 2008 |
| Tusan | 0.470 | NA | 2006 |
| Arash | 0.168 | NA | |
| Total | 83.967 | NA |
| Field's name | Gas in place | Recoverable gas reserve | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trillion cubic feet | Billion cubic meters | Trillion cubic feet | Billion cubic meters | |
| Kish | 59 | 1,700 | 47 | 1,300 |
| Tabnak | 30 | 850 | NA | |
| Farsi (B-Structure) | NA | 11-23 | 310-650 | |
| Ghir (Sefid Zakhur) | 11.4 | 320 | 8.5 | 240 |
| Yadavaran-Gas Layer | 9.75 | 276 | NA | |
| Lavan | 9.1 | 260 | NA | |
| Balal-Dahroum Formation | 8.8 | 250 | NA | |
| Homa | 7.6 | 220 | NA | |
| Marun Gas Layer | 6.2 | 180 | NA | |
| Gardan | 5.7 | 160 | NA | |
| Day | 4.4 | 120 | NA | |
| Binak Gas Layer | 3.5 | 99 | NA | |
| Karanj Gas Layer | 2.9 | 82 | NA | |
| BiBi hakime Gas Layer | 2.4 | 68 | NA | |
| Zireh | 1 | 28 | NA | |
| Kuh-e-Asmari (Masjed Soleiman) | 1 | 28 | 0.739 | 20.9 |
| Arash | 0.79 | 22 | NA | |
| Kheyr Abad | 0.17 | 4.8 | NA | |
| Total | 170 | 4,800 | NA | |
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