NIOC Discovers 19 Oil, Gas Fields in Eight Years

A total of 19 oil and gas fields, including 48 reservoirs, were discovered over the past eight years, said the head of Exploration Department at the National Iranian Oil Company.
“As of 2014, 10 gas fields were discovered with total in-place reserves of 2 trillion cubic meters, as well as nine oilfields containing 60 billion barrels of in-place oil,” Seyyed Saleh Hendi was also quoted as saying by IRNA on Friday.
Elaborating on some of the provincial discoveries, Hendi added that the gas fields of Pazan in Fars, Khar-Tang in Bushehr and Charak in Hormozgan provinces, as well as Yadman and Sepehr oilfields in Khuzestan Province, are among the major deposits explored in the period.