South West Melehia Oil Field (Egypt)

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South West Melehia Oil Field is an operating oil field in Egypt.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for South West Melehia 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
South West Melehia	Operating	International Egyptian Oil Company	International Egyptian Oil Company (75.0%); Apex International Energy (25.0%)	2018	–	2019	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of South West Melehia Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	oil in place	50	million bbl	2021	​

Table 3: Production from South West Melehia Oil 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	2020

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for South West Melehia Oil Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
South West Meleiha Concession	Unknown, Egypt	Unknown	30.4327, 27.2188 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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