Abu El Gharadig Oil and Gas Field (Egypt)

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Abu El Gharadig Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Egypt.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Abu El Gharadig Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Abu El Gharadig	Operating	Khalda	Apache Egypt (66.67%); Sinopec Corp (33.33%)	1969	–	1973	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Abu El Gharadig Oil and Gas Field

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

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
[not stated]	recoverable reserves	220	million boe	1992	​
crude oil and condensate	Remaining recoverable reserves	95.83	million bbl	2021	​
gas	recoverable reserves	16593.52	million m³	1992	​
gas	Remaining recoverable reserves	14615.89	million m³	2021	​

Table 3: Production from Abu El Gharadig Oil and 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	gas	359.04	million m³/y	1977
production	crude oil and condensate	11.12	million bbl/y	2017
production	gas	1333.29	million m³/y	2017

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Abu El Gharadig Oil and Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Egypt	Onshore	29.6723, 28.5337 (exact)

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