Meren Oil Field (Nigeria)

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Meren Oil Field is an operating oil field in Nigeria.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Meren 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
Meren	Operating^[1]	Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL)^[2]	Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) (40.0%); Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (60.0%)^[2]	1965^[3]	–	1968^[4]	Conventional

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	^[1]
production	Crude oil	8.2	million bbl/y	2018	^[5]

Location

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


Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
OML 95^[6]	Offshore, Nigeria	Offshore^[7]	No location data found

Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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