Kutubu Oil Project (Papua New Guinea)

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Kutubu Oil Project is an operating oil project in Papua New Guinea.

Kutubu Oil Project is a part of the Kutubu Oil Project (Papua New Guinea).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for Kutubu Oil Project

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Kutubu	operating	Oil Search (PNG)	ENEOS Xplora Inc [15%]; Mineral Resources Development Corp [7%]; Exxon Mobil Corp [14%]; Santos Ltd [60%]; Marubeni [3%]	1986	–	1992	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Kutubu Oil Project

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	2.19	million bbl/y	2020	​

Location

Table 3: Project-level location details for Kutubu Oil Project

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
PDL 2	onshore, Papua New Guinea	onshore	-6.4382, 143.1935 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the project:

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