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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Svencelė Oil Field

The Svencelė oil field, also known as the Sakučiai-5 oil field, is an oil field in the Gargždai Oil Block, Klaipėda District Municipality. Svencelė oil field is located 900 m from Svencelė Swamp [lt] and peat fields and bordering Svencelė Meadows Nature Reserve in the west.

Svencelė oil field holds the official Lithuanian national record for the longest drilled oil pump, measuring 2,989 m in length.

History

Svencelė oil field started production in 1977.

The Lithuanian government sold the license of Gargždai Oil Block to the Lithuanian-Danish company Minijos nafta which is currently operating the field.

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