Record #00483Economy archive
Qatar's offshore North Field shares a reservoir with Iran's South Pars. QatarEnergy LNG reports recoverable reserves exceeding 900 trillion standard cubic feet and identifies the North Field as the world's largest non-associated gas field.
Current Record
more than900 trillionstandard cubic feet
Current record value
Discovered in 1971, the field required 15 appraisal wells and about 14 years of geological assessment before its immense scale was established. QatarEnergy LNG describes an area exceeding 6,000 km².
Although North Field and South Pars occupy the same geological reservoir, Qatar's recoverable-volume figure refers to its reported field sector rather than an automatic Qatar–Iran total. Produced gas supports LNG, pipeline exports and gas-to-liquids processing.
The record conclusion has sufficient verification support.
Basis: direct confirmation by an authority
QatarEnergy LNG and EIA both identify North Field as the largest non-associated gas field and report recoverable reserves above 900 Tscf. The 1971 discovery did not establish that magnitude immediately, so no false record start date is assigned.
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