West Salym Oil Field (Russia)

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West Salym Oil Field (Западно-Салымское) is an operating oil field in Russia.

Along with Vadelypskoye Oil Field (Russia) and Verkhne-Salymskoye Oil Field (Russia), West Salym is a part of the Salym Oil Project (Russia). West Salym Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as Zapadno-Salymskoye, Salymskoye Zapadnoye.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
West Salym	Operating	Salym Petroleum Development LLC	Salym Petroleum Development LLC (100.0%)	1987	–	2004

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of West Salym Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
oil	C1 + C2	703.68	million bbl	2013
oil	initial reserves	601.06	million bbl	[not stated]
oil	A + B1 + C1	281.47	million bbl	2021
oil	B2 + C2	89.43	million bbl	2021
oil	A + B1 + C1	280.74	million bbl	2022
oil	B2 + C2	89.43	million bbl	2022

Table 3: Production from West Salym Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
cumulative production	oil	0.73	million bbl	2005
production	oil	15.39	million bbl/y	2020
production	oil	1.47	million bbl/y	2021

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for West Salym Oil Field

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Russia	60.4506, 70.8822 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Salym complex:

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