Naft Shahr

Naft Shahr is a village in Sumar Rural District of Sumar District, Qasr-e Shirin County, Kermanshah province, Iran.

At the 2011 National Census, its population was 890 in 14 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 184 people in 6 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.

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.

2010 incident
On Saturday 29 May 2010 fire broke out at well number 24 at the Naft Shahr oil field. It was put out in 38 days.

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. After Iraq-Iran war, reconstruction of the equipment at this refinery was incomplete and did not have safety equipment and measurement systems. The type of its oil is light crude oil.