Meren Oil Field (Nigeria)

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Meren Oil Field is a shut in oil field in Nigeria.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Meren Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Meren Shut in[1] Chevron[2] Chevron (40.0%); Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (60.0%)[3] 1965[4] 1968[5]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Meren Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
production oil 7.55 million bbl/y 2015 [2]
production Crude oil 8.2 million bbl/y 2018 [6]

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Meren Oil Field

Concession/Block Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
OML 95[7] Offshore, Nigeria 5.7876, 4.8871 (exact)

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230807232100/https://www.nuprc.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OIL_PRODUCTION_STATUS_REPORT_AS_AT_DECEMBER_2022.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 August 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation 2015 Annual Statistical Bulletin" (PDF). Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 23, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  3. (PDF) https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2017-18/myb3-2017-18-nigeria.pdf https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-oml-95-11367950, https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2017-18/myb3-2017-18-nigeria.pdf. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20210705141246/https://onepetro.org/OTCONF/proceedings-abstract/00OTC/All-00OTC/OTC-12098-MS/40987. Archived from the original on 05 July 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20210626150020/https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-oml-95-11367950. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221212041431/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2017-18/myb3-2017-18-nigeria.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230207195804/http://trosoffshore.com/Assets/Map%20of%20Nigeria%20Oil%20Field.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 07 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)