al-Omar field
{{Short description|Oil field in Syria}}
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| region = Northeastern Syria
| location = Deir ez-Zor Governorate
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Al-Omar field ({{langx|ar|حقل العمر النفطي}}) is an oilfield in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria. It is located {{convert|10|km}} north of Mayadin, east of the Euphrates river.
History
Al-Omar oil field, discovered in 1987, was operated by Al-Furat Petroleum Company (AFPC), subsidiary of the Syrian Petroleum Company. It initially peaked at a production of around 80,000 barrels per day (b/d). However, due to a lack of pressure support and overproduction in the early 1990s, the field was damaged, leading to a sharp decline in output to 16,000 b/d by 1991. Water injection techniques were implemented from 1991 onwards, stabilizing production at a plateau of 60,000–70,000 b/d between 1994 and 1997. By 2008, however, production had declined again to around 20,000 b/d.{{cite journal |last1=Almohamad |first1=Hussein |last2=Dittmann |first2=Andreas |title=Oil in Syria between Terrorism and Dictatorship |journal= Social Sciences|year=2016 |volume=5 |issue=2 |page=20 |doi=10.3390/socsci5020020 |doi-access=free }} In the meantime, the STOIIP was estimated at 760 million barrels.{{cite journal |author=Jurg Neidhardt |display-authors=et al. |title=The Omar Field (NE Syria) is Overcoming Its Mid-Life Crisis |journal=SPE North Africa Technical Conference & Exhibition |year=2008 |doi=10.2118/112940-MS }}
During the Syrian civil war, the field changed hands multiple times. It fell under the control of the al-Nusra Front and other Islamist rebels in November 2013,{{cite news|title=Islamist rebels capture Syria's largest oilfield: activists|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-oil-idUSBRE9AM03K20131123|newspaper=Reuters|date=23 November 2013|access-date=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115063204/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/23/us-syria-crisis-oil-idUSBRE9AM03K20131123|archive-date=15 November 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web |first=Conal |last=Urquhart |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/23/syrian-islamist-rebels-oilfield-assad |title=Syrian Islamist rebels claim capture of key oilfield |work=The Guardian |date=23 November 2013 |access-date=23 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131123133811/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/23/syrian-islamist-rebels-oilfield-assad |archive-date=23 November 2013 |url-status=live }} then ISIS in July 2014 from Al-Shaitat clan, and ultimately the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with support from the US-led Coalition in late October 2017 during the Eastern Syria campaign.{{cite web |last=Francis |first=Ellen |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-oilfield/u-s-backed-militias-seize-key-oil-field-in-east-syria-sdf-idUSKBN1CR07E/ |title=U.S.-backed militias seize key oil field in east Syria - SDF |publisher=Reuters |date=22 October 2017 }} Since then, the region has been targeted by pro-Iranian militias, opposing the U.S. presence in the area.{{cite web |url=https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2022/09/the-us-and-al-omar-oil-field-military-base-or-oil-greed/ |title=The US and al-Omar oil field: Military base or oil greed |publisher=enabbaladi.net |date=23 September 2022 }}