Bongas Northwest Oil and Gas Field (Nigeria)

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Bongas Northwest Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Nigeria.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Bongas Northwest Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Bongas Northwest	Operating	Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria	Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (55.0%); ExxonMobil (20.0%); TotalEnergies (12.5%); Eni S.P.A. (12.5%)	–	–	2014	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Bongas Northwest Oil and Gas Field

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

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	estimated	959.93	million m³	2023	​
oil	estimated	54	million bbl	2023	​

Table 3: Production from Bongas Northwest 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	oil	16.43	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	113.69	million m³/y	2023

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Bongas Northwest Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
OML 118	Offshore, Nigeria	Offshore	4.5935, 4.6131 (exact)

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