Barracuda Oil Field (Nigeria)

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Barracuda Oil Field is a shut in oil field in Nigeria.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Barracuda Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Barracuda	Shut in	Emerald Energy Resources	Emerald Energy Resources (53.9%); Amni Oil and Gas Limited (44.1%); Supernova Energy (2.0%)	2020	–	2023	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Barracuda Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
crude oil and condensate	Remaining recoverable reserves	95.38	million bbl	2022	​
oil	recoverable resources	73	million bbl	2021	​
oil	prospective resources	24	million bbl	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Barracuda Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	8.38	million bbl/y	2022

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Barracuda Oil Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
OML 141	Offshore, Nigeria	Offshore	4.2402, 6.1994 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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