Lower Field

History

The Lower Zakum Oil Field is the lower horizons of the Zakum oil field 84 km northwest of Abu Dhabi Islands. The upper reservoir horizons are known as Upper Zakum oil field. Discovered in 1963 and developed by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, the oil field is owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and operated by ADNOC Offshore. The 40% foreign interest is split among Japan's INPEX (lead partner - 10%), the Chinese CNPC (10%), India's ONGC Videsh (10%), Italy's ENI (5%) and France's Total (5%).