Manatee Gas Field (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Manatee Gas Field is an in-development gas field in Trinidad and Tobago.

Along with Loran Gas Field (Venezuela), Manatee Gas Field is a part of the Loran-Manatee Gas Project (Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago).

Manatee Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Loran-Manatee.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Manatee Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Manatee	in-development	Shell TT	Shell TT [100%]	2005	2024	–	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Manatee Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	remaining recoverable reserves	9514.51	million m³	2021	​
gas	gas in place	76739.07	million m³	2021	​
gas	estimated resources	50970.6	million m³	2024	​
hydrocarbons	estimated resources	264.0	million boe	2023	​

Table 3: Production from Manatee Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	gas	7235.2	million m³/y	2028	​

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Manatee Gas Field

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 6	Columbus	offshore, Trinidad and Tobago	offshore	9.9694, -60.1511 (approximate)

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