Editing Ghawar Field (section)

{{Short description|Oil field in Saudi Arabia}}
{{Infobox oilfield
| name                    = Ghawar Field
| location_map            = Saudi Arabia
| location_map_width      = 
| location_map_text       = 
| coordinates = {{coord|25.43| N| 49.62| E| region:SA_type:landmark_scale:3000000|display     = inline,title}}{{brk}}
| coordinates_ref         = (Centre approximation: {{coord|25.20| N| 49.31 | E| = inline,title}})
| relief                  = yes
| country                 = Saudi Arabia
| region                  = [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province]]
| location                = [[Al-Ahsa Governorate|Al-Ahsa]]
| block                   = 
| offonshore              = Onshore
| operator                = [[Saudi Aramco]]
| operators               = 
| partners                = 
| image                   = 
| caption                 = The Ghawar Field is the largest known field in the world
| discovery               = 1948
| start_development       = 
| start_production        = 1951
| peak_year               = 2005 (Contested)
| abandonment             = 
| oil_production_bbl/d    = 3800000
| oil_production_tpy      = 
| production_year_oil     = 2019
| production_gas_mmcuft/d = 2000
| production_gas_mmscm/d  = 
| production_gas_bcm/y    = 
| production_year_gas     = 
| est_oil_bbl             = 48250
| est_oil_t               = 
| est_gas_bft             = 110000
| est_gas_bcm             = 
| formations              = Upper/Middle Jurassic, Upper/Lower Permian, Lower Devonian
}}

{{external media
| float  = right
| width  = 220
| image1 = [http://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/abqaiq-aramco/images/2-ghawar-field.jpg Ghawar Field map and regional setting] 
| image2 = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110610051942/http://www.aapg.org/explorer/2005/01jan/ghawa_xsectn.jpg Regional cross section through Ghawar]
| image3 = [https://grandemotte.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/ghawar-total-wells-oil-drum1.jpg Total Wells at Ghawar. Blue wells are waterflood injectors, red are production wells.] 
}}
[[File:Map of approximate size, shape, and location of Ghawar Field.png|thumb|Map of the approximate size, shape, and location of the Ghawar Oil Field.]]
'''Ghawar''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]]: الغوار) is an [[oil field]] located in [[Al-Ahsa Governorate]], [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. Measuring {{convert|280|by|30|km|mi|abbr=on|sigfig=2}} (some {{convert|8400|km2}}), it is by far the largest conventional oil field in the world,<ref name=Durham /> and accounts for roughly a third of the cumulative oil production of Saudi Arabia as of 2018.<ref name=Croft/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6727U_1-2019-4-1.pdf|title=Saudi Arabian Oil Company - Global Medium Term Note Programme|date=April 1, 2019|publisher=Saudi Arabian Oil Company|access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>

Ghawar is entirely owned and operated by [[Saudi Aramco]], the state-run Saudi oil company. In April 2019, the company first published its profit figures since its nationalization nearly 40 years ago in the context of issuing a bond to international markets. The bond prospectus revealed that Ghawar is able to pump a maximum of {{convert|3.8|Moilbbl|m3}} per day—well below the more than {{convert|5|Moilbbl|m3}} per day that had become conventional wisdom in the market.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2 April 2019 |title=The Biggest Saudi Oil Field Is Fading Faster Than Anyone Guessed |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-02/saudi-aramco-reveals-sharp-output-drop-at-super-giant-oil-field |website=Bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" />