Benin River Oil and Gas Field (Nigeria)

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Benin River Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Nigeria.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Benin River Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Benin River	operating^[1]	Chevron Nigeria^[2]	NNPC Ltd [60%]; Chevron Nigeria Ltd [40%]^[2]^[2]	1990^[3]	–	–	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Benin River Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	45.71	million m³/y	2015	^[1]
production	oil	2.08	million bbl/y	2015	^[1]

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Benin River Oil and Gas Field


Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
OML 49; PML 30^[4]^[5]	onshore, Nigeria^[6]	onshore^[5]	5.8731, 5.1888 (exact)^[6]

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 (PDF) https://www.nnpcgroup.com/NNPCDocuments/Annual%20Statistics%20Bulletin%E2%80%8B/2015%20ASB%201st%20edition.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240716152805/https://www.nuprc.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Concession-Situation-December-2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221006210746/https://cdn.ogj.com/files/base/ebm/ogj/document/2012/01/content_dam_ogj_en_downloadables_research_center_surveys_worldwide_oil_field_production_historical_leftcolumn_downloadable_histwwfldprod2019.xls. Archived from the original on 06 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230207195804/http://trosoffshore.com/Assets/Map%20of%20Nigeria%20Oil%20Field.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "NUPRC Concession Situation 2025" (PDF). NUPRC. 2025-06-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221107125325/http://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/796771468288655228/pdf/Nigeria-Electricity-and-Gas-Improvement-Project.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[autoref_1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240716152805/https://www.nuprc.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Concession-Situation-December-2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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