Gbokoda Oil Field (Nigeria)

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Gbokoda Oil Field is an operating oil field in Nigeria.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Gbokoda Oil 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
Gbokoda	Operating	Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL)	Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) (40.0%); Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (60.0%)	–	–	1998	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Gbokoda Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	reserves	850	million bbl	[not stated]	​

Table 3: Production from Gbokoda Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	7.56	million bbl/y	2015
production	Crude oil	11	million bbl/y	2018

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
OML 49	Onshore, Nigeria	Onshore	5.871, 5.187 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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