El Feel Oil and Gas Field (Libya)

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El Feel Oil and Gas Field (فيل) is an operating oil and gas field in Libya.

El Feel Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Elephant.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for El Feel 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
El Feel Operating[1][2][3][4][5] Mellitah Oil & Gas[6][7] National Oil Corporation (Libya) (62.67%); Eni S.P.A. (33.3%); Other (4.0%)[6][8][9] 1997[10] 2004[11] Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of El Feel Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
crude oil and condensate Remaining recoverable reserves 304.87 million bbl 2021 [9]

Table 3: Production from El Feel 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 25.55 million bbl/y 2020 [2]
production hydrocarbons 25.64 million boe/y 2021 [9]
production oil 45.88 million bbl/y 2010 [11]
production design capacity oil 29.2 million bbl/y 2023 [12]

Location

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

Basin Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
Murzuq Onshore, Libya[13] Onshore[14] 26.0723, 12.1949 (exact)[13]

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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  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20230322192134/https://mellitahog.ly/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B9/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%80%D9%84/. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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