Ras Fanar Oil and Gas Field (Egypt)

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

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Ras Fanar 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
Ras Fanar	Operating	Suez Oil Company (SUCO)	Wintershall DEA (100.0%)	1978	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Ras Fanar Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
[not stated]	recoverable reserves	143	million boe	1996	​

Table 3: Production from Ras Fanar Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	4.38	million bbl/y	2015

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ras Fanar	Offshore, Egypt	Offshore	28.4065, 33.0801 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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