El Sharara oil field

El Sharara Oil Field
Location of the El Sharara oil field within Libya
Country Libya
Region Murzuq Desert
Offshore/onshore onshore
Coordinates 26°25′54″N 11°50′58″E / 26.431641°N 11.849474°E / 26.431641; 11.849474Coordinates: 26°25′54″N 11°50′58″E / 26.431641°N 11.849474°E / 26.431641; 11.849474
Operator Akakus Oil Operations
Field history
Discovery 1980
Start of production 1996
Production
Current production of oil 300,000 barrels per day (~1.5×10^7 t/a)
Estimated oil in place 403 million tonnes
(~ 500×10^6 m3 or 3000 MMbbl)

The El Sharara oil field is an oil field located in Murzuq Desert. It was discovered in 1980 and developed by Petrom. The oil field is operated and owned by Repsol. The total proven reserves of the El Sharara oil field are 3 billion barrels (403×106tonnes), and production is centered on 300,000 barrels per day (48,000 m3/d).[1]

References

  1. ↑ "The Oil Reserves of Libya — Discovered, Produced and Yet to Find: From Analysis of the Impact of Recent New Ideas from the Reserve Base". searchanddiscovery.com. 2008. Retrieved 2013-05-28.


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