Völkersen/Völkersen-Nord Gas Field (Germany)

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Völkersen/Völkersen-Nord Gas Field (Völkersen) is an operating gas field in Germany.

Völkersen/Völkersen-Nord Gas Field is a part of the Voelkersen Project.

Völkersen/Völkersen-Nord Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Völkersen Z 1.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Völkersen/Völkersen-Nord Gas Field

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Völkersen/Völkersen-Nord operating[1] Wintershall Dea[2] Wintershall Dea GmbH [100%][3][4] 1992[2] – 1994[4] conventional[5]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Völkersen/Völkersen-Nord Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
gas remaining recoverable reserves 5436.86 million m³ 2021 ​[6]

Table 3: Production from Völkersen/Völkersen-Nord Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million m³ = million cubic meters
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
cumulative production gas 25723.81 million m³ 2019 ​[2]
cumulative production gas 27399.98 million m³ 2022 ​[1]
production gas 671.57 million m³/y 2019 ​[2]
production gas 463.96 million m³/y 2022 ​[1]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Völkersen/Völkersen-Nord Gas Field

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rotenburg-Volkersen[7] onshore, Germany[8] onshore[9] 53.0007, 9.233 (exact)[8]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Voelkersen Project ():

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Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://nibis.lbeg.de/DOI/dateien/GB_49_2023_Text_6_web.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 (PDF) https://www.lbeg.niedersachsen.de/download/155558/Erdoel_und_Erdgas_in_der_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland_2019.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://downloads.climatetrace.org/sector_packages/fossil_fuel_operations.zip. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230911192203/https://wintershalldea.com/sites/default/files/media/files/Wintershall_Dea_Annual_Report_2022%20%281%29.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230608120322/https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/oil-gas-field-profile-volkersen-z-1-conventional-gas-field-germany/. Archived from the original on 08 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://energymonitor.ai/finance/risk-management/exclusive-natural-gas-data-reveals-trillions-of-dollars-of-upcoming-gas-projects. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/oil-gas-field-profile-volkersen-z-1-conventional-gas-field-germany/?cf-view. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://nibis.lbeg.de/cardomap3/?lang=en. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)