Hassi Messaoud Oil and Gas Field (Algeria)

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Hassi Messaoud Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Algeria.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Hassi Messaoud	Operating^[1]	Sonatrach^[2]^[3]	Sonatrach (100.0%)^[4]	1956^[5]	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Hassi Messaoud Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
crude oil and condensate	Remaining recoverable reserves	2167.39	million bbl	2021	^[6]
gas	Remaining recoverable reserves	44156.59	million m³	2021	^[6]
gas	2P reserves	223700	million m³	2019	^[7]
oil	2P reserves	3900	million bbl	[not stated]	^[8]

Table 3: Production from Hassi Messaoud Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
production	oil	182.5	million bbl/y	2013	^[9]
production	crude oil and condensate	262.62	million bbl/y	1977	^[6]
production	crude oil and condensate	178.86	million bbl/y	2021	^[6]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Hassi Messaoud Oil and Gas Field


Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Oued Mya	Onshore, Algeria^[10]^[11]	31.608, 5.923 (exact)^[10]^[11]

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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[AFREC2022-3] African Energy Commission (44835). "Africa and Just Energy Transition: Considerations for the Expansion of the African Oil & Gas Domestic Market" (PDF). African Energy Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 44972. Retrieved 44972. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date=, |date=, and |archive-date= (help); Invalid |url-status=Live (help)

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[ENEMED2019-7] Giannini Editore (2019). "MED & Italian Energy report: Energy sources, flows and strategies of Italy between Europe and the Mediterranean" (PDF). SRM. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2022. Retrieved November 30, 2022. {{cite web}}: Invalid |url-status=Live (help)

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