Geological Formation located around the globe. Here are a few of the major hydrocarbon bearing formations that oil companies have focused on producing throughout the years.
Algeria-Hassi Messaoud
Angola-Belayim
Angola-Dalia
Angola-Kizomba Complex
Angola-Zafiro
Arabia-Shaybah
Australia-Halibut
Australia-Kingfish
Azerbaijan-Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli
Bahrain-Awali
Brazil-Jupiter
Brazil-Lula
Brazil-Marlim
Brazil-Sugar Loaf
Canada-Hibernia
Canada-Pembina
Canada-Rainbow Lake
Canada-Swan Hills
Canada-Terra Nova
China-Daqing
China-Jidong
China-Nanpu
China-Tahe
Columbia-Cupiagua-Cusiana
Equatorial Guinea-Zafiro
Iran-Agha Jari
Iran-Aghajari
Iran-Ahwaz: Located in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province. Was discovered in 1958 by the National Iranian Oil Company.
Iran-Azadegan
Iran-Azadegan h
Iran-Esfandiar
Iran-Gachsaran: Located in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province near Gachsaran city in Iran. Discovered in 1927 by the National Iranian Oil Company and started developing by 1930 with a rate of .48 million barrels per day.
Iran-Marun
Iraq-Az Zubayr
Iraq-East Baghdad
Iraq-Halfaya
Iraq-Kirkuk
Iraq-Majnoon
Iraq-Nahr Umr
Iraq-Rumaila
Iraq-Shaikan Sheikh Adi
Iraq-West Qurna
Kazakhstan-Darkhan
Kazakhstan-Kalamkas
Kazakhstan-Karachaganak
Kazakhstan-Kashagan
Kazakhstan-Kurmangazy
Kazakhstan-Nursultan
Kazakhstan-Tengiz
Kazakhstan-Uzen
Kazakhstan-Zhanazhol
Kazakhstan-Zhetybay
Kuwait-Burgan: Located in the desert of South-Eastern Kuwait and comprised of three fields; Burgan, Magwa and Ahmadi. The Burgan field is the largest sandstone oil field and the second largest of the three fields. Ghawar is the smallest field. It was discovered in 1937 and started production in 1948. All three fields have produced up to 1.7 million barrels per day.
Kuwait-Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin
Kuwait-Minagish
Kuwait-Raudhatain
Kuwait-Sabriya
Kuwait-Safaniya
Libya-Bouri
Libya-Sarir
Libya-Zelten
Mexico-Cantarell: Discovered by a fisherman who noticed oil floating on the water in 1961. The Cantarell Field in Mexico was produced using nitrogen injection starting in 2000 and is one of the largest oil fields in Mexico. The field started exploration in 1976 and started production in 1981.
Mexico-Chicontepec
Mexico-Ku-Maloob-Zaap
Nigeria-Agbami
Nigeria-Bonga
Norway-Ekofisk
Norway-Gullfaks
Norway-Oseberg
Norway-Snorre
Norway-Statfjord
Norway-Troll Vest
Oman-Mukhaizna
Oman-Yibal
Qatar-Dukhan
Russia-Arlanskoye
Russia-Arukutun-Dagi
Russia-Ayash East-Odoptu
Russia-Fyodorovskoye
Russia-Kamennoe
Russia-Lyantorskoye
Russia-Mamontovskoye
Russia-Nizhne-Chutinskoe
Russia-North-Caucasus Basin
Russia-North-Dolginskoye
Russia-Odoptu
Russia-Piltun-Astokhskoye
Russia-Priobskoye
Russia-Prirazlomnoye
Russia-Romashkino
Russia-Russkoye
Russia-Sakhalin Islands
Russia-Samotlor
Russia-South-Dolginskoye
Russia-South-Hilchuy
Russia-Sutorminskoye
Russia-Talakan
Russia-Tevlinsko-Russkinskoye
Russia-Tuymazinskoe
Russia-Urengoy group
Russia-Ust-Balykskoe
Russia-Vankor
Russia-Vatyeganskoye
Russia-Verhne-Chonskoye
Russia-West-Matveevskoye
Saudi Arabia-Abqaiq
Saudi Arabia-Abu-Sa’fah
Saudi Arabia-Berri
Saudi Arabia-Foroozan-Marjan
Saudi Arabia-Ghawar Saudi: Located in Saudi Arabia in the Al-Ahsa Governorate, Eastern Province. One of the largest conventional oil fields in the world and measuring 280km by 30km (174×19 miles). Half of the oil production from Saudi Arabia is extracted by Saudi Aramco, the state run oil company. Much of the production details are kept secret by the Saudi government. It is believed to produce 5 million barrels per day. This field was discovered in 1948 and started producing in 1951.
Saudi Arabia-Manifa n
United Arab Emirates-Zakum
United Kingdom-Clair
United Kingdom-Forties
USA-AL-Alabama Shale Fields
USA-AL-Offshore Gulf of Mexico
USA-AR-Fayetteville Shale
USA-AR-Smackover Brown Dense Formation
USA-CA-Kern County Oil Field
USA-CA-Los Angeles Oil Field – Wilmington Basin
USA-CA-Monterey Shale
USA-CO-Green River Oil Shale
USA-CO-Niobrara Shale
USA-CO-Piceance Basin
USA-KS-Niobrara Shale
USA-KY-Huron Shale
USA-LA-Austin Chalk
USA-LA-Bossier Shale
USA-LA-Haynesville Shale
USA-LA-Offshore Gulf of Mexico
USA-LA-Smackover Brown Dense Formation
USA-LA-Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
USA-MI-Antrim Shale
USA-MI-Collingwood Shale
USA-MS-Offshore Gulf of Mexico
USA-MS-Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
USA-MT-Exchaw Shale
USA-MT-Sakken Shale
USA-MT-Three Forks / Sanish Zone
USA-NC-Cumnock Shale
USA-ND-Bakken Shale
USA-ND-Three Forks / Sanish Zone
USA-NM-Avalon Shale
USA-NM-Bone Spring
USA-NM-Permian Basin
USA-NM-Wolfcamp Shale
USA-NV-Chainman Shale
USA-NY-Marcellus Shale
USA-OH-Huron Shale
USA-OH-Utica Shale
USA-OK-Granite Wash
USA-OK-Hogshooter Wash
USA-OK-Woodford Shale
USA-PA-Marcellus Shale
USA-TN-Chattanooga Shale
USA-TX-Austin Chalk
USA-TX-Barnett Shale
USA-TX-Bone Spring
USA-TX-Bossier Shale
USA-TX-Eagle Ford Shale
USA-TX-Granite Wash
USA-TX-Haynesville Shale
USA-TX-Offshore Gulf of Mexico
USA-TX-Permian Basin
USA-TX-Spraberry Field
USA-TX-Wolfberry Field
USA-TX-Wolfcamp Field
USA-UT-Chainman Shale
USA-UT-Green River Oil Shale
USA-WV-Huron Shale
USA-WV-Marcellus Shale
USA-WY-Green River Oil Shale
USA-WY-Niobrara Shale
Venezuela-Bolivar Coastal
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ANGUILLA
ANTARCTICA
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ARMENIA
ARUBA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
AZERBAIJAN
BAHAMAS
BAHRAIN
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELARUS
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BELIZE
BENIN
BERMUDA
BHUTAN
BOLIVIA
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BOTSWANA
BOUVET ISLAND
BRAZIL
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BURKINA
FASO
BURUNDI
CAMBODIA
CAMEROON
CANADA
CAPE VERDE
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REPUBLIC CHAD
CHILE
CHINA
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
COLOMBIA
COMOROS
CONGO
THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE COOK ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
COTE D’IVOIRE
CROATIA
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
DJIBOUTI
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
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ERITREA
ESTONIA
ETHIOPIA
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)
FAROE ISLANDS
FIJI
FINLAND
FRANCE
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FRENCH POLYNESIA
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES
GABON
GAMBIA
GEORGIA
GERMANY
GHANA
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GRENADA
GUADELOUPE
GUAM
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KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA,
REPUBLIC OF KUWAIT
KYRGYZSTAN
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
LATVIA
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LESOTHO
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THE FORMER YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR
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MARSHALL ISLANDS
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FEDERATED STATES OF MOLDOVA,
REPUBLIC OF MONACO
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NIGERIA
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OMAN
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SAMOA
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TIMOR-LESTE
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
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U.S. WALLIS AND FUTUNA
WESTERN SAHARA
YEMEN
ZAMBIA
ZIMBABWE