Patos-Marinza Oil Field
Patos-Marinëz is an Albanian oil field that was discovered in 1928 and became operational in 1930. It is the biggest on-shore oil field in Europe, and with its 11,854 barrels (1,884.6 m) per day the biggest oil producing field in Albania. The Patos Marinëz oil field is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of the city of Fier in south central Albania. Its proven reserves are about 2 billion barrels (320×10 m). Patos Marinëz has only heavy oil and is in production since the 1930s.
Statistics
- Contingent resource for 2010 is 1.2 billion barrels (190,000,000 m), compared to 838 million barrels (133,200,000 m) in 2009
- Prospective resource for 2010 is 568 million barrels (90,300,000 m), compared to 384 million barrels (61,100,000 m) in 2009
See also
References
- ^ "Bankers Petroleum Ltd". bankerspetroleum.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Schumi, W (2004). "CHOPS: Cold heavy Oil Production with sand in the Patos-Marinza Oilfield". Erdöl, Erdgas, Kohle. 120 (12): OG158–OG162. INIST 16338353.
- ^ WNJ Editor (2009-11-03). "World News Journal: Europe's largest onshore oilfield is in Albania". Africannewsanalysis.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "BANKERS PETROLEUM ANNOUNCES 2010 RESERVES REPORT". istockanalyst.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04.
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