Nakhla Oil Field (Libya)

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Nakhla Oil Field (النخلة) is a shut in oil field in Libya.

Nakhla Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as An Nakhlah.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Nakhla 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
Nakhla	Shut in	Sirte Oil Company	Sirte Oil Company	1970	–	1994	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Nakhla Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	12.78	million bbl/y	2022

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
NC 96/97	Onshore, Libya	Onshore	28.9256, 21.5028 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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