Burgan
Burgan ( Arabic برقان, DMG Burqān ) is an oil field in Kuwait . It was discovered in February 1938 and initially contained about 65 billion barrels of oil . This makes it the second largest oil field in the world after Ghawar in Saudi Arabia . Around 1.7 million barrels of oil are produced every day. According to the Kuwait Oil Company, the field reached its production peak in 2005 .
This could also be indirectly indicated by the fact that the oil minister of the sheikdom, Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, admitted in June 2007 that the entire country itself only had 48 billion barrels of oil, instead of the long claimed 101 billion barrels. At the same time, Al-Sabah indicated that Kuwait still had more than 150 billion barrels of “probable” oil reserves. However, these reserves are considered unproven. If they prove to be true, according to the international oil geology network ASPO Kuwait could maintain its current production level until 2025 before the country experiences the gradual drying up of its oil reserves .
Individual evidence
- ^ ASPO: Newsletter. No. 78, June 2007, point 827.
- ↑ Kuwait may disclose size of its oil stock. In: Gulf Daily Times. July 10, 2007.
Coordinates: 29 ° 6 ′ 39 ″ N , 47 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ E