List of oil fields - Wikipedia List of oil fields This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( November 2010 ) USGS map of countries where oil is located An oil refinery in Mina - Al - Ahmadi, Kuwait This list of oil fields includes some major oil fields of the past and present. The list is incomplete ; there are more than 65,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world. However, 94 % of known oil is concentrated in fewer than 1500 giant and major fields. Most of the world 's largest oilfields are located in the Middle East, but there are also supergiant ( > 10 billion bbls ) oilfields in Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Amounts listed below, in billions of barrels, are the estimated ultimate recoverable petroleum resources ( proved reserves plus cumulative production ), given historical production and current extraction technology. Oil shale reserves ( perhaps 3 trillion barrels ( 4.8 × 10 m ) ) and coal reserves, both of which can be converted to liquid petroleum, are not included in this chart. Other non-conventional liquid fuel sources are similarly excluded from this list. Oil fields greater than 1 billion barrels ( 160 million cubic metres ) Field Location Discovered Started production Peaked Recoverable oil, past and future ( billion barrels ) Production ( million barrels / day ) Rate of decline Ghawar Field Saudi Arabia 1948 1951 2005, disputed 88 - 104 5 8 % per year Burgan Field Kuwait 1937 1948 2005 66 - 72 1.7 14 % per year Ahvaz Field Iran 1958 1970s 37. 750 Gachsaran Field Iran 1927 1930 66 0.480 Sugar Loaf field Brazil 2007 ~ 25 - 40 not yet developed Cantarell Field Mexico 1976 1981 35 18 billion recoverable. 340 peaked in 2004 at 2.14 million barrels per day ( 340,000 m / d ) Ku - Maloob - Zaap Mexico 1979 1981 production still increasing. 867 production increasing, most productive Mexican oil field Bolivar Coastal Field Venezuela 1917 1922 30 - 32 2.6 - 3 Aghajari Field Iran 1938 1940 28 0.300 Lula Field Brazil, Santos Basin 2007 5 - 8 0.1 Safaniya Oil Field Kuwait / Saudi Arabia 1951 30 1.2 Esfandiar Field Iran 30 Rumaila Field Iraq 1953 17 1.3 Tengiz Field Kazakhstan 1979 26 - 40. 53 expanding from 285k to 1.3 m bpd Kirkuk Field Iraq 1927 1934 8.5 0.480 Shaybah Field Saudi Arabia 15 Agha Jari Field Iran 1937 8.7. 200 Majnoon Field Iraq 11 - 20 0.5 Samotlor Field Russia, West Siberia 1965 1969 1980 14 - 16 0.844 ( depletion : 73 % ) 5 % decline per year ( 2008 - 2014 ) Shaikan Sheikh Adi Field Iraq Kurdistan 2009 2013 production still increasing 4 - 6 0.04 production still increasing Romashkino Field Russia Volga - Ural 1948 1949 in decline 16 - 17. 301 ( 2006 ) depletion : 85 % Prudhoe Bay United States, Alaska 1967 - 68 1977 1988 25 ( ~ 13 recoverable ) 0.66 11 % per year Sarir Field Libya 1961 1961 12 ( 6.5 billion recoverable ) Priobskoye field Russia, West Siberia 1982 2000 13 0.680 ( 2008 ) 14 % depleted, production rapidly expanding Lyantorskoye field Russia, West Siberia 1966 1979 13 0.168 ( 2004 ) depletion : 81 % Abqaiq Field Saudi Arabia 12 0.43 Chicontepec Field Mexico 1926 6.5 ( 19 certified ) Berri Field Saudi Arabia 12 Zakum Field Abu Dhabi, UAE 1965 1967 12 West Qurna Field Iraq 1973 15 - 21 0.18 - 0.25 ( pot. ) * civil war Manifa Field Saudi Arabia 11 Fyodorovskoye Field Russia, West Siberia 1971 11 1.9 ( 197x ) East Baghdad Field Iraq 1976 8 0 - 0.05 ( pot. ) * civil war Foroozan - Marjan Field Saudi Arabia / Iran 10 Marlim Field Brazil, Campos Basin in decline 10 - 14 8 % per year Awali Bahrain Azadegan Field Iran 1999 5.2 Marun Field Iran 1963 16 0.52 Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin Kuwait 66 - 72 Minagish Kuwait Raudhatain Kuwait 11 Sabriya Kuwait 3.8 - 4 Yibal Oman 1968 Mukhaizna Oil Field Oman Dukhan Field Qatar 1939 2.2 Halfaya Field Iraq 4.1 Az Zubayr Field Iraq 1949 6 Nahr Umr Field Iraq 1948 6 Abu - Sa'fah field Saudi Arabia 6.1 Hassi Messaoud Algeria 1956 9 Bouri Field Libya 1976 1988 4.5 0.060 Kizomba Complex Angola Dalia ( oil field ) Angola 1997 Belayim Angola > 1 Zafiro Angola Zelten oil field Libya 1956 1961 2.5 Agbami Field Nigeria 1998 2008 0.8 - 1.2 Bonga Field Nigeria 2005 1.4 Azeri - Chirag - Guneshli Azerbaijan 1985 1997 5.4 0.684 Karachaganak Field Kazakhstan 1972 2.5 Kashagan Field Kazakhstan 2000 30 Kurmangazy Field Kazakhstan 6 - 7 Darkhan Field Kazakhstan 9.5 Zhanazhol Field Kazakhstan 1960 Uzen Field Kazakhstan 7 Kalamkas Field Kazakhstan 3.2 Zhetybay Field Kazakhstan 2.1 Nursultan Field Kazakhstan 4.5 Ekofisk oil field Norway 1969 1971 2006 3.3 0.127 Troll Vest Norway 1979 2003 1.4 Statfjord Norway 1979 3.4 Gullfaks Norway 1978 1986 2.1 Oseberg Norway 1979 1988 2.2 Snorre Norway 1979 2003 1.5 Mamontovskoye Field Russia 8 Russkoye Field Russia 2.5 Kamennoe Field Russia 1.9 Vankor Field Russia 2009 3.8 Vatyeganskoye Field Russia 1.4 Tevlinsko - Russkinskoye Field Russia 1.3 Sutorminskoye Field Russia 1.3 Urengoy group Russia Ust - Balykskoe Field Russia > 1 Tuymazinskoe Field Russia Arlanskoye Field Russia > 2 South - Hilchuy Field Russia 3.1 North - Dolginskoye Field Russia 2.2 Nizhne - Chutinskoe Field Russia 1.7 South - Dolginskoye Field Russia 1.6 Prirazlomnoye Field Russia 2011 1.4 West - Matveevskoye Field Russia Sakhalin Islands Russia 14 Odoptu Russia Arukutun - Dagi Russia Piltun - Astokhskoye Field Russia 1986 Ayash Field East - Odoptu Field Russia 4.5 Verhne - Chonskoye Field Russia 1.3 Talakan Field Russia 1.3 North - Caucasus Basin Russia 1.7 Clair oilfield United Kingdom 1977 5 ( 1.75 recoverable ) Forties oilfield United Kingdom 1970 5 Jupiter field Brazil 2008 7 Cupiagua / Cusiana Colombia Boscán Field, Venezuela Venezuela 1946 1947 1.6 Pembina Canada 1953 1953 Swan Hills Canada Rainbow Lake Canada Hibernia Canada 1979 1997 Terra Nova Field Canada 1984 2002 1.0 Kelly - Snyder / SACROC United States, Texas 1.5 Bakken Oil Field United States, North Dakota 1951 7.3 Yates Oil Field United States, Texas 1926 1926 1929 3.0 ( 2.0 billion recovered ; 1.0 reserve remaining ) Kuparuk oil field United States, Alaska 1969 6 Alpine United States, Alaska 0.4 - 1 East Texas Oil Field United States, Texas 1930 6 Spraberry Trend United States, Texas 1943 10 Wilmington Oil Field United States, California 1932 South Belridge Oil Field United States, California 1911 Coalinga Oil Field United States, California 1887 Elk Hills United States, California 1911 1.5 Kern River United States, California 1899 2.5 Midway - Sunset Field United States, California 1894 3.4 Thunder Horse Oil Field United States, Gulf of Mexico 1999 0.25 Kingfish Australia 1.2 Halibut Australia Daqing Field China 1959 1960 16 depletion : 90 % Jidong Field China 2.2 Tahe Field China 8 Nanpu Oil Field China 7.35 Wushi Oil Field China 2015 Zafiro Field Equatorial Guinea 1995 See also Energy portal Giant oil and gas fields List of coalfields List of natural gas fields List of oil and gas fields of the North Sea OAPEC Oil megaprojects Oil shale reserves OPEC Petrol References Jump up ^ Li Guoyu ( 2011 ), World Atlas of Oil and Gas Basins ( Oxford : Wiley - Blackwell ), p. 20. 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Question: where is most oil found in the world
Answer: the Middle East