Sorochinsko-Nikolskoye Oil Field (Russia)

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Sorochinsko-Nikolskoye Oil Field (Сорочинско-Никольское) is an operating oil field in Russia.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Sorochinsko-Nikolskoye Oil 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
Sorochinsko-Nikolskoye	Operating	Orenburgneft JSC	Orenburgneft JSC (100.0%)	1962	–	1967	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Sorochinsko-Nikolskoye Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	initial geological reserves	1891.14	million bbl	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Sorochinsko-Nikolskoye 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	535.09	million bbl	2018
production	oil and condensate	15.71	million bbl/y	2005
production	oil	7.33	million bbl/y	2021
production	oil	10.99	million bbl/y	2017

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Sorochinsko-Nikolskoye Oil Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sorochinsko-Nikolskoye	Onshore, Russia	Onshore	52.5836, 53.2319 (exact)

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