Hemmelte/Kneheim/Vahren (Zechstein) Gas Field (Germany)

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Hemmelte/Kneheim/Vahren (Zechstein) Gas Field is an operating gas field in Germany.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Hemmelte/Kneheim/Vahren (Zechstein) Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Hemmelte/Kneheim/Vahren (Zechstein)	operating	ExxonMobil Production Deutschland	–	1980	–	1984	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Hemmelte/Kneheim/Vahren (Zechstein) 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	38749.97	million m³	2019	​
cumulative production	gas	39597.29	million m³	2022	​
production	gas	343.54	million m³/y	2019	​
production	gas	271.02	million m³/y	2022	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Hemmelte/Kneheim/Vahren (Zechstein) Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Germany	onshore	52.8029, 7.958 (exact)

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