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Upper Zakum oil field

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Country
  
United Arab Emirates

Discovery
  
1963

Offshore/onshore
  
offshore

Start of production
  
1977

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Current production of oil
  
500,000 barrels per day (~2.5×10^ t/a)

Estimated oil in place
  
6711 million tonnes(~ 8×10^ m or 50000 MMbbl)

Operator
  
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

Region
  
Persian Gulf (also known as Arabian Gulf)

The Upper Zakum Oil Field Arabic: حقل زاكوم العلوي‎‎ is an oil field 84 km north west of Abu Dhabi Islands. It was discovered in 1963 and developed by Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Ltd., a joint venture between British Petroleum and Compagnie Française des Pétroles (later Total). The oil field is now operated and owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. The total oil in place of the Upper Zakum oil field is around 50 billion barrels (6711×106tonnes), and production is centered on 500,000 barrels per day (79,000 m3/d).

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References

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