Kingfisher South Oil Field (Uganda)

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Kingfisher South Oil Field is an in development oil field in Uganda.

Along with Tilenga Oil Field (Uganda), Kingfisher South Oil Field is a part of the Lake Albert Development Oil Project (Uganda).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Kingfisher South 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
Kingfisher South	In development	CNOOC	TotalEnergies (56.67%); CNOOC Limited (28.33%); Uganda National Oil Company (15.0%)	–	2022	2027 (expected)	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Kingfisher South Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
liquids	reserves	240	million bbl	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Kingfisher South Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	oil	14.6	million bbl/y	2027

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Kingfisher South Oil Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Uganda	Onshore	1.186, 30.735 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Lake Albert Development complex:

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