October Oil and Gas Field (Egypt)

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October Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Egypt.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for October Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
October Operating[1] GUPCO[2] Dragon Oil (50.0%); Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) (50.0%)[3] 1977[4]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of October Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
[not stated] recoverable reserves 848 million boe 1996 [5]
oil EUR 500 million bbl 2010 [6]
oil EUR 177 million bbl 2014 [7]

Table 3: Production from October Oil and Gas 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 378 million bbl 1990 [8]
cumulative production oil 1000 million bbl 2020 [1]
production oil 49.27 million bbl/y 1990 [8]
production oil 29.2 million bbl/y 2020 [1]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for October Oil and Gas Field

Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Egypt[9] 28.816, 33.06 (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

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  2. Dolson1999, https://egyptoil-gas.com/news/gupco-to-invest-538m-in-fy-20172018/, https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-gupco-other-fields-7242799
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20210626054529/https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-gupco-other-fields-7242799. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Dolson1999, https://onepetro.org/SPEFD/proceedings-abstract/20FD/1-20FD/D011S003R005/447166
  5. J. C. Dolson (1999). "The Petroleum Potential of Egypt". AAPG Bulletin. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  6. "Giant Oil & Gas Fields of the world". World Map. 2010. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20220627030530/https://egyptoil-gas.com/features/gupco-looking-forward/. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210628005844/https://www.searchanddiscovery.com/abstracts/html/1990/norway/abstracts/1518b.htm. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Egypt National Gas Network". The oil drum. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.