Alfeld-Elze/Hildesheimer-Wald Gas Field (Germany)

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Alfeld-Elze/Hildesheimer-Wald Gas Field is an operating gas field in Germany.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Alfeld-Elze/Hildesheimer-Wald Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Alfeld-Elze/Hildesheimer-Wald	Operating	5P Energy GmbH	–	1972	–	1972	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Alfeld-Elze/Hildesheimer-Wald Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million m³ = million cubic meters

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	gas	2104.81	million m³	2019
cumulative production	gas	2138.22	million m³	2022
production	gas	31.61	million m³/y	2019
production	gas	8.62	million m³/y	2022

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Alfeld-Elze/Hildesheimer-Wald Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Germany	Onshore	52.1359, 9.744 (exact)

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