Messla Oil Field (Libya)

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Messla Oil Field (مسـلـه) is an operating oil field in Libya.

Messla Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as Mesla.

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Messla operating[1] Arabian Gulf Oil[2] National Oil Corp [100%][3] 1971[4] – – conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Messla Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
oil original oil in place 3250.0 million bbl 2018 ​[5]

Table 3: Production from Messla Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
cumulative production oil 3000.0 million bbl 2024 ​[6]
production oil 3.65 million bbl/y 2020 ​[7]
production design capacity oil 36.5 million bbl/y 2023 ​[8]

Location

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

Basin Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sirte onshore, Libya[9] onshore[10] 27.9881, 22.3296 (exact)[9]

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ https://libyaupdate.com/arab-gulf-oil-company-revives-high-output-oil-well-at-messla-field/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210613025748/http://agoco.ly/index.php/en/our-company/agocom-who-we-are. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221212024750/https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/atoms/files/myb3-2017-18-ly.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240801202430/https://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/fieldst2/data/a012/a012/0001/0500/0507.htm. Archived from the original on 01 August 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ (PDF) http://www.asmarya.edu.ly/journal/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/JMSET03-4-1-2018-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://attaqa.net/2024/12/26/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B7%D9%8A-3-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B6%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220627022427/https://egyptoil-gas.com/news/libya-resumes-production-at-messla-oil-field/. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20241009160857/https://attaqa.net/2023/10/26/%25D8%25A8%25D8%25A6%25D8%25B1-%25D9%2586%25D9%2581%25D8%25B7%25D9%258A%25D8%25A9-%25D9%2581%25D9%258A-%25D9%2584%25D9%258A%25D8%25A8%25D9%258A%25D8%25A7-%25D8%25AA%25D8%25A8%25D8%25AF%25D8%25A3-%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D8%25A5%25D9%2586%25D8%25AA%25D8%25A7%25D8%25AC-%25D8%25A8%25D8%25B9%25D8%25AF-22-%25D8%25B9%25D8%25A7/. Archived from the original on 09 October 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210624215956/https://www.industryabout.com/country-territories-3/1280-libya/oil-and-gas/19892-messla-oil-field. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)