Kingfisher Oil Field (Uganda)

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Kingfisher Oil Field is an in-development oil field in Uganda.

Along with Tilenga Oil Field (Uganda), Kingfisher Oil Field is a part of the Lake Albert Development Oil Project (Uganda).

Kingfisher Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as Kingfisher South.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Kingfisher Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Kingfisher	in-development	CNOOC	TotalEnergies SE [56%]; CNOOC Ltd [28%]; Uganda National Oil Co [15%]	2006	2022	–	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kingfisher Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
liquids	reserves	240.0	million bbl	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Kingfisher Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	oil	14.6	million bbl/y	2027	​

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Kingfisher Oil Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
3A	onshore, Uganda	onshore	1.23, 30.735 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Lake Albert Development Oil Project (Uganda):

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