It is impossible to even imagine our world without oil and its derivatives. No one will argue that this is the most valuable mineral for a person. Oil is a raw material for the fuel, chemical, construction and even medical industries.
Where is such a valuable product mined? What are the largest oil fields known worldwide? Which countries lead in the extraction of this mineral? What oil fields are known in Russia? We’ll talk about this.
So, the largest oil fields discovered to date are:
- Gavar (Saudi Arabia) - estimated oil reserves of about 80 billion barrels, - Burgan (Kuwait) - 66-72 billion barrels,
- Cantarel (Mexico) - 35 billion barrels, of which 18 billion are recoverable reserves, - Safania-Khafji (Saudi Arabia) - 30 billion barrels, - Rumalia (Iraq) - 20 billion barrels, - Tengiz (Kazakhstan) - 15-26 billion barrels, - Ahwaz (Iran) - 17 billion barrels, - Kirkuk (Iraq) - 16 billion, - Maroon (Iran) - 16 billion, - Daqing (China) - 16bn., - Gazaran (Iran) - 15 billion.
Thus, Saudi Arabia has the richest reserves. It is there that almost 265 billion barrels of oil are located. And this is only according to proven data. Entrepreneurial businessmen from many countries of the world strive to occupy this niche. After all, the oil business is one of the most profitable. A monopoly in this area provides many advantages to its owners.
In second place is Iran. This small country has huge oil reserves. According to the latest data, about 138 billion barrels are in Iran. Iraq is not far behind its neighbor - 115 billion barrels of proven reserves. This is followed by Kuwait - 101.5 billion barrels, the UAE - almost 98 billion barrels of oil reserves, Venezuela - 80 billion, and finally Russia - 79.5 billion barrels. These countries have the largest oil fields in the world. All other countries contain less than 50 billion barrels of proven oil reserves. There is still something to profit from for a man! Nevertheless, scientists tirelessly sound the alarm, because these reserves are not infinite. Often, development takes place in a barbaric way, which leads to extreme depletion of the field and causes damage not only to the terrain in which the mining is performed, but also to the environment. Unfortunately, such facts are not uncommon in our time. But, as history shows, a person is in no hurry to think about the future. Nevertheless, it is comforting that our country is far from last in a number of countries that can boast of the presence and development of oil fields.
The main oil deposits in Russia are geographically located in Western Siberia, the Volga region, the North Caucasus, Eastern Siberia, the Timan-Pechersk region, and the Far Eastern regions. There are both old developed deposits and new ones, which are only gaining momentum.
Largest oil fields in Russia:
- Samotlor, - Fedorovskoye (Western Siberia), founded back in 1964, - Romashkinskoye (Volga-Ural region) - was founded in 1948, - Priobskoe, - Lyantorskoye, - Salym group, - Urengoy, - Mammoth, - Krasnoleninsky group, - Project Sakhalin 5, - Kurmanganese, - Project Sakhalin 3, - South Khylchuyu,
- Tuimazinskoe, - Russian gas and oil, - Arlan, - Astrakhan gas condensate, - Severo-Dolginskoe, - Vat-Egan, - Project Sakhalin 1, - Nizhnechutinskoe, - Povkhovskoe, - Vankor
- South Dolginskoe, - Tevlinsko-Russian, - Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye, - Usinskoye, - South Yagun, - Name of Vladimir Filanovsky, - Verkhnechonskoye, - Pokachevskoe, - Project Sakhalin 2, - West Matveevskoe, - Savostyanovskoe.
These are the main oil fields that are the most promising at the moment.
Oil is the object of desire in many countries of the world. Russia was lucky to have this valuable resource in sufficient quantities on its territory. Despite this, a careful attitude to these stocks is very important. This topic has been particularly relevant lately. Indeed, every day the oil reserves on our planet are becoming less and less. As in any other business, sanity, planning, judgment, and concern for the future are especially important in the oil business. After all, we are not the last generation on Earth!
