Largest natural gas field
- Who
- South Pars/North Field gas field
- What
- 51000000000000 cubic metre(s)
- When
- 1971
The South Pars/North Field gas field, discovered in 1971, covers an underground area of 9,700 km2, straddling the Iran-Qatar border. Its total reserves of natural gas are estimated to be around 51 trillion cubic metres, along with the equivalent of 360 billion barrels of oil.