Owowo West Oil Field (Nigeria)

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Owowo West Oil Field is a discovered oil field in Nigeria.

Owowo West Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as Owowo.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Owowo West Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Owowo West Discovered[1] ExxonMobil[2] ExxonMobil (27.0%); Chevron (27.0%); TotalEnergies E&P Nigeria Limited (18.0%); Nexen Petroleum Nigeria (18.0%); Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (10.0%)[3] 2012[4] 2027 (expected)[1] 2030 (expected)[1]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Owowo West Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
liquids resources 550 million bbl 2023 [1]
oil recoverable resource 750 million bbl 2016 [3]

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Owowo West Oil Field

Concession/Block Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
OPL 223[5] Unknown, Nigeria[6] 3.8333, 7.8265 (approximate)[6]

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240122190626/https://energychamber.org/wp-content/uploads/15.The-State-of-African-Energy-Q2-2023-Outlook-Report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20230407201722/https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/NGA. Archived from the original on 07 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230328215906/https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/newsexxonmobil-makes-oil-discovery-at-owowo-field-offshore-nigeria-281016-5651281/. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-oml-139-and-154-owowo-44548046/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.dmsprojects.net/nigeria/projects/exxonmobil-corporation-owowo-oil-field-opl-223/PRJ00018858. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Foilfieldafricareview.com%2Fnigerias-state-owned-oil-firm-nnpc-iocs-sign-20-years-deep-water-agreement-on-oml-118%2F&psig=AOvVaw1fIFb3Da3EqMhpx1jPYzyO&ust=1705186861473000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBMQjRxqFwoTCMC14pz62IMDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)