Sonam Gas Field (Nigeria)

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Sonam Gas Field is an operating gas field in Nigeria.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Sonam	Operating	Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL)	Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) (40.0%); Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (60.0%)	–	–	2017	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Sonam Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
crude oil and condensate	Remaining recoverable reserves	136.24	million bbl	2022	​
gas	Remaining recoverable reserves	31567.04	million m³	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Sonam Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	crude oil and condensate	11.03	million bbl/y	2020
production	gas	2552.88	million m³/y	2020

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
OML 91	Offshore, Nigeria	Offshore	5.497, 4.819 (exact)

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