Naft Shahr
Village in Kermanshah province, Iran
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Naft Shahr (Persian: نفت شهر)[a] is a village in Sumar Rural District of Sumar District, Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran.
Naft Shahr
Persian: نفت شهر | |
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Village | |
 Naft Shahr Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 33°59′38″N 45°29′51″E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Kermanshah |
| County | Qasr-e Shirin |
| District | Sumar |
| Rural District | Sumar |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 184 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Naft Shahr is known for its oilfields. English explorers found oil in Naft Shahr for the first time in 1931. According to Mehr News Agency, Naft Shahr, which is the only active oilfield in the province, has estimated oil reserves of 692 million barrels.[3]
History
Demographics
Oil field
Naft shahr oil field is located 72 km south of Qasr-e Shirin and 230 km south west of Kermanshah. This field is a common field between Iran and Iraq and provides a portion of Kermanshah's refinery feed.[6] After Iraq-Iran war, reconstruction of the equipment at this refinery was incomplete and did not have safety equipment and measurement systems.[7] The type of its oil is light crude oil.[8][9]
