Bouri Oil and Gas Field (Libya)

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Bouri Oil and Gas Field (بوري) is an operating oil and gas field in Libya.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Bouri	Operating^[1]^[2]^[3]	Mellitah Oil & Gas^[2]^[4]	Eni S.P.A. (30.0%); National Oil Corporation (Libya) (70.0%)^[4]	1977^[5]	–	1988^[6]	Conventional^[1]^[2]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Bouri Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
Associated gas	original 1P reserves	53200	million m³	2016	^[7]
associated gas	recoverable reserves	99108.03	million m³	2017	^[4]
crude oil and condensate	remaining recoverable reserves	64.64	million bbl	2021	^[2]
gas	estimated	70800	million m³	2005	^[6]
oil	recoverable reserves	4500	million bbl	2017	^[4]
oil	estimated	4500	million bbl	2005	^[6]

Table 3: Production from Bouri Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million boe/y = million barrels of oil equivalent per year
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	4.38	million bbl/y	1988	^[6]
production	oil	21.9	million bbl/y	1989	^[6]
production	oil	21.9	million bbl/y	1998	^[6]
production	oil	16.24	million bbl/y	2009	^[6]
production	oil	3.65	million bbl/y	2010	^[6]
production	crude oil and condensate	54.75	million bbl/y	1995	^[2]
production	hydrocarbons	8.73	million boe/y	2021	^[2]
production	oil	0.01	million bbl/y	2023	^[8]
production design capacity	oil	27.38	million bbl/y	2017	^[4]

Location

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


Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block NC 41^[9]	Offshore, Libya^[10]	Offshore^[11]	34.013, 12.468 (exact)^[10]

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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