Patos-Marinza Oil Field
| Patos Marinza | |
|---|---|
| Country | Albania |
| Region | Fier District |
| Location | Patos |
| Offshore/onshore | Onshore |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°44′N 19°39′E / 40.733°N 19.650°E |
| Operator | Bankers Petroleum (100%) |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1928 |
| Start of production | 2004 [1] |
| Production | |
| Current production of oil | 11.894 barrels per day (~592.7 t/a) |
| Estimated oil in place | 2,000 million barrels (~2.7×108 t) |
Patos Marinza is an Albanian oil field that was discovered in 1928.[2] It is the biggest on-shore oil field in Europe, and with its 11,854 barrels (1,884.6 m3) every day the biggest oil producing field in Albania.[3] The Patos Marinza oil field is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of the city of Fier in south central Albania.[4] Its proven reserves are about 2 billion barrels (320×106 m3).[5] Patos Marinzas has only heavy oil and is in production since the 1930s.[2]
Statistics
- Contingent resource for 2010 is 1.2 billion barrels (190,000,000 m3), compared to 838 million barrels (133,200,000 m3) in 2009[6]
- Prospective resource for 2010 is 568 million barrels (90,300,000 m3), compared to 384 million barrels (61,100,000 m3) in 2009[6]
See also
- Kuçova oil field
- Oil fields of Albania
References
- ↑ "Bankers Petroleum Ltd.". bankerspetroleum.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cold Heavy Oil Production at Patos-Marinza, Albania". Onepetro.org. 2005-11-03. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ↑ "UPDATE 1-Bankers Petroleum's key Albanian oilfield output jumps in Q1". Reuters. 2011-04-07.
- ↑ "CHOPS: Cold heavy Oil Production with sand in the Patos-Marinza Oilfield". inist.fr.
- ↑ WNJ Editor (2009-11-03). "World News Journal: Europe's largest onshore oilfield is in Albania". Africannewsanalysis.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "BANKERS PETROLEUM ANNOUNCES 2010 RESERVES REPORT". istockanalyst.com.
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