Waha Oil and Gas Field (Libya)

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Waha Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Libya.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Waha 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
Waha	Operating^[1]	Waha Oil Company^[2]^[3]^[4]	Waha Oil Company (100.0%)^[3]	1960^[4]	–	1963^[4]	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Waha Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	remaining reserves	1783.94	million m³	2020	^[4]
liquids	resources	775	million bbl	2022	^[5]
oil	remaining reserves	630	million bbl	2020	^[4]

Table 3: Production from Waha Oil and Gas Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	104.03	million bbl/y	2021	^[6]
production	oil	114.97	million bbl/y	2019	^[4]
production	oil	98.55	million bbl/y	2018	^[4]
production	oil	31.1	million bbl/y	2013	^[4]
production	oil	74.49	million bbl/y	2012	^[4]
production	oil	69.16	million bbl/y	2010	^[4]
production	oil	71.56	million bbl/y	2003	^[4]

Location

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


Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Libya^[7]	Onshore^[8]	28.3113, 19.9354 (exact)^[7]

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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[USGSLY2019-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Mowafa Taib (44287). "The Mineral Industry of Libya" (PDF). U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Invalid |url-status=Live (help)

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