Obaiyed Oil and Gas Field (Egypt)

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Obaiyed Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Egypt.

Obaiyed Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Obayied.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Obaiyed Oil and Gas 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
Obaiyed	Operating	Bapetco	Capricorn Energy (50.0%); Cheiron (50.0%)	1993	–	1999	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Obaiyed Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
[not stated]	recoverable reserves	324.5	million boe	1999	​
gas	recoverable reserves	79286.42	million m³	1999	​
hydrocarbons	2P reserves	114	million boe	2021	​

Table 3: Production from Obaiyed Oil and Gas Field

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

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	5322.81	million m³/y	2017
production	oil and condensate	17.3	million bbl/y	2017
production	gas	1085.23	million m³/y	2022

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Obaiyed Oil and Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Egypt	Onshore	31.249, 26.568 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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