Orca Oil and Gas Field (Mauritania)

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Orca Oil and Gas Field is a discovered oil and gas field in Mauritania.

Along with BirAllah Gas Field (Mauritania), Orca Oil and Gas Field is a part of the BirAllah Hub Gas Project (Mauritania).

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Orca	discovered	BP	Société Mauritanienne Des Hydrocarbures et de Patrimoine Minier [10%]; BP PLC [62%]; Kosmos Energy [28%]	2019	–	–	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Orca Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
hydrocarbons	recoverable resources	1300.0	million boe	2019	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Orca Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block C8	offshore, Mauritania	offshore	16.592, -17.171 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the BirAllah Hub Gas Project (Mauritania):

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Additional Data

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