Bouri Oil and Gas Field (Libya)

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Bouri Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Libya.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Bouri Operating[1][2] Mellitah Oil & Gas[2][3] Eni S.P.A. (30.0%); National Oil Corporation (Libya) (70.0%)[3] 1977[4] 1988[5]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Bouri Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
Associated gas original 1P reserves 53200 million m³ 2016 [6]
associated gas recoverable reserves 99108.03 million m³ 2017 [3]
crude oil and condensate remaining recoverable reserves 64.64 million bbl 2021 [2]
gas estimated 70800 million m³ 2005 [5]
oil recoverable reserves 4500 million bbl 2017 [3]
oil estimated 4500 million bbl 2005 [5]

Table 3: Production from Bouri Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year million boe/y = million barrels of oil equivalent per year
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
production oil 4.38 million bbl/y 1988 [5]
production oil 21.9 million bbl/y 1989 [5]
production oil 21.9 million bbl/y 1998 [5]
production oil 16.24 million bbl/y 2009 [5]
production oil 3.65 million bbl/y 2010 [5]
production crude oil and condensate 54.75 million bbl/y 1995 [2]
production hydrocarbons 8.73 million boe/y 2021 [2]
production design capacity oil 27.38 million bbl/y 2017 [3]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Bouri Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block NC 41[7] Offshore, Libya[8] 34.013, 12.468 (exact)[8]

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20211202101731/https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2119312-libya-restarts-first-eastern-oil-field-since-january. Archived from the original on 02 December 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20221210060700/https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/bouri-conventional-oil-field-libya/. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210626015238/https://www.plsx.com/publications/IntlE/2017/IE_20170412_i05_v02.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220720102528/https://www.cccarto.com/oil/libyaoil/. Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 (PDF) https://s3.amazonaws.com/rgi-documents/5a3869d7ca4a9058000a7bcf68bbe08384846805.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Giannini Editore (2019). "MED & Italian Energy report: Energy sources, flows and strategies of Italy between Europe and the Mediterranean" (PDF). SRM. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022. {{cite web}}: Invalid |url-status=Live (help)
  7. "2011 Libya Oil and Gas Report" (PDF). wikileaks. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://twitter.com/MeesEnergy/status/1404780194603352066/photo/1. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)