Hadi Nazarpour, operator of the field's development project at the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC), said the field was developed for production of 85,000 b/d of crude but it is currently supplying 112,000 b/d.

He said production rate of the field stands at 15% for light crude and 6 to 7% for heavy crude.

With 34 billion barrels of in-place crude oil the field is regarded as one of Iran's biggest oil reserves.

The field was officially launched on November 13 216.