In Amenas Oil and Gas Project (Algeria)

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In Amenas Oil and Gas Project is an operating oil and gas project in Algeria.

In Amenas Oil and Gas Project is a part of the In Amenas complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for In Amenas Oil and Gas Project

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Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
In Amenas	Operating	In Amenas Gas Consortium	BP (46.0%); Sonatrach (8.1%); Equinor (45.9%)	–	–	2006	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of In Amenas Oil and Gas Project

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

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
NGL	Remaining recoverable reserves	44.48	million bbl	2021	​
crude oil and condensate	Remaining recoverable reserves	36.61	million bbl	2021	​
gas	Remaining recoverable reserves	17329.75	million m³	2021	​
gas	initial reserves	85000	million m³	[not stated]	​

Table 3: Production from In Amenas Oil and Gas Project

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million boe/y = million barrels of oil equivalent per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	8650.86	million m³/y	2017
production	hydrocarbons	36.28	million boe/y	2021

Location

Table 4: Project-level location details for In Amenas Oil and Gas Project

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 233, 240b, 241	Illizi	Onshore, Algeria	Onshore	28.0331, 9.4627 (exact)

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