Benin River Oil and Gas Field (Nigeria)

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Benin River Oil and Gas Field is a shut in oil and gas field in Nigeria.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Benin River Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Benin River	Shut in^[1]	Chevron^[2]	–	1990^[3]	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Benin River Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production	gas	45.71	million m³/y	2015	^[2]
production	oil	2.08	million bbl/y	2015	^[2]

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Benin River Oil and Gas Field


Concession/Block	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
OML 49^[4]	Onshore, Nigeria^[5]	5.8731, 5.1888 (exact)^[5]

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230807232100/https://www.nuprc.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OIL_PRODUCTION_STATUS_REPORT_AS_AT_DECEMBER_2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 August 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation 2015 Annual Statistical Bulletin" (PDF). Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
↑ Oil and Gas Journal (2019). "Worldwide Oil Field Production Survey Historical Version Data from 1980-2017". OGJ. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230207195804/http://trosoffshore.com/Assets/Map%20of%20Nigeria%20Oil%20Field.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project" (PDF). World Bank. 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.

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[2015_ASB_1st_edition-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation 2015 Annual Statistical Bulletin" (PDF). Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.

[https://cdn.ogj.com/files/base/ebm/ogj/document/2012/01/content_dam_ogj_en_downloadables_research_center_surveys_worldwide_oil_field_production_historical_leftcolumn_downloadable_histwwfldprod2019.xls-3] Oil and Gas Journal (2019). "Worldwide Oil Field Production Survey Historical Version Data from 1980-2017". OGJ. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.

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