El Sharara Oil Field (Libya)

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El Sharara Oil Field is a shut in oil field in Libya.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for El Sharara Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
El Sharara Shut in[1][2] Akakus Oil Operations[3] National Oil Corporation (Libya) (50.0%); Repsol (20.0%); TotalEnergies (15.0%); OMV (15.0%)[3][4] 1984[3] 1996[3]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of El Sharara Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
crude oil and condensate Remaining recoverable reserves 1090.86 million bbl 2021 [4]
oil oil in place 3000 million bbl 2008 [5]

Table 3: Production from El Sharara Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
production oil 102.2 million bbl/y 2021 [2]
production crude oil and condensate 82.03 million bbl/y 2021 [4]
production oil 73 million bbl/y 2006 [6]
production oil 164.25 million bbl/y 2022 [7]
production design capacity oil 109.5 million bbl/y 2021 [2]
production design capacity crude oil and condensate 87.6 million bbl/y 2022 [4]
production design capacity oil 146 million bbl/y 2011 [6]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for El Sharara Oil Field

Concession/Block Basin Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Blocks NC 115, Block NC1-86[8] Murzuq Onshore, Libya[9][10] 26.394, 11.936 (exact)[9][10]

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20210830133509/https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/2203337-pay-row-risks-exports-from-libyas-biggest-oil-field. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20230506015730/https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/el-sharara-oil-field/. Archived from the original on 06 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20221207062322/https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/el-sharara-conventional-oil-field-libya/. Archived from the original on 07 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sharara_oil_field http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/abstracts/html/2008/intl_capetown/abstracts/477675.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sharara_oil_field. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://s3.amazonaws.com/rgi-documents/5a3869d7ca4a9058000a7bcf68bbe08384846805.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20230403160454/https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-africa-libya-tripoli-ccf71ec702cffcdb004231d02a7d319c. Archived from the original on 03 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "2011 Libya Oil and Gas Report" (PDF). wikileaks. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  9. 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230210071914/https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/LBY. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 "African Energy Atlas 2021". Scribd. 2021. Archived from https://dokumen.pub/qdownload/african-energy-atlas-2020-2021-2020-2021nbsped.html the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Invalid |url-status=Live (help)