Balal Oil Field

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Summary Information

• Operator: IOOC
• Country: Iran
• Location: The field is located 100 kilometers southwest of Lavan Island in the Persian Gulf
• Production start:
• Partners:
• Type: Oil
• Estimated Reserves: Initial recoverable reserves estimated at 100 million barrels
• Production Volume:

Description

• Balal Oilfield is located 93 kilometers, southwest of Lavan Island.
• The implementation of the project was carried out in the form of buyback contract in the second half of 2002.
• The oil production of 40,000 barrels per day started from this field and transferred to Lavan Island by a 14-inch offshore pipeline.

Contractors

• Seaway Heavy Lifting: Installation of Balal Field Development

History

• 1999 - Elf and Bow Valley signs contract to develop the field
• 2003 - Operatorship of the Production Platform has been transferred to the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)

Geology

Links

• Seaway Heavy Lifting Oil And Gas References
• France/Canada consortium associating Elf and Bow Valley signs contract to develop Balal oil field in Iran
• Iran: Balal Field Reaches Production Level of 40,000 b/d and is Handed Over to NIOC

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