Oil megaprojects (2015)
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This page summarizes projects that propose to bring more than 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m3/d) of new liquid fuel capacity to market with the first production of fuel beginning in 2015. This is part of the Wikipedia summary of Oil Megaprojects.
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Detailed list of projects for 2015
Terminology
- Year Startup: year of first oil. put specific date if available.
- Operator: company undertaking the project.
- Area: onshore (LAND), offshore (OFF), offshore deep water (ODW), tar sands (TAR).
- Type: liquid category (i.e. Natural Gas Liquids, Natural gas condensate, Crude oil)
- Grade: oil quality (light, medium, heavy, sour) or API gravity
- 2P resvs: 2P (proven + probable) oil reserves in giga barrels (Gb).
- GOR: The ratio of produced gas to produced oil, commonly abbreviated GOR.[1]
- Peak year: year of the production plateau/peak.
- Peak: maximum production expected (thousand barrels/day).
- Discovery: year of discovery.
- Capital investment: expected capital cost; FID (Final Investment Decision) - If no FID, then normally no project development contracts can be awarded. For many projects, a FEED stage (Front End Engineering Design) precedes the FID.
- Notes: comments about the project (footnotes).
- Ref: list of sources.
Country | Project Name | Year startup | Operator | Area | Type | Grade | 2P resvs | GOR | Peak Year | Peak | Discovery | Capital Inv. | Notes | Ref |
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OPEC | ||||||||||||||
Angola | Lianzi field | 2015 | Chevron | ODW | Crude | 46 | [2] | |||||||
Angola | Mafumeira Sul | 2015 | Chevron | ODW | Crude | 120 | [2] | |||||||
Iran | Darkhovin Ph 3 | 2015 | Eni | LAND | Crude | 120 | [3][4] | |||||||
Iran | South Pars Ph 15-16 | 2015 | POGC,ISOICO | Condensate NGL | Light | 2016 | 80 | [5] | ||||||
Nigeria | Forcados Yokri IP | 2015 | Shell | Crude | Light | 0.600 | 90 | [6] | ||||||
Nigeria | Zabazaba-Etan | 2015 | Eni | Crude | 120 | [6] | ||||||||
UAE | Upper Zakum Exp | 2015 | ADNOC | Crude | Light | 2017 | 200 | 1963 | No FID | [7][8] | ||||
Saudi Arabia | Manifa Ph 1 | 2015 | Saudi Aramco | OFF | Crude | 28 API | 16.820 | 300 | 1957 | [9][10][11][12][13][14][15] | ||||
Saudi Arabia | Manifa NGL | 2015 | Saudi Aramco | OFF | NGL | 65 | 1957 | [16] | ||||||
Venezuela | Orinoco Carabobo II | 2015 | PDVSA | Crude | 7-10 API | 5.7 | 2017 | 200 | no FID | [17][18][19][20][21] | ||||
Non-OPEC | ||||||||||||||
Azerbaijan | Inam / Yamalah | 2015 | Socar BP | Crude | 2.000 | 200 | [22] | |||||||
Brazil | Cachalote Ph 2 (Baleia Franca; Baleia Ana) | 2015 | Petrobras | ODW | 19-30 API | 100 | [23][24][25] | |||||||
Brazil | Tupi oil field | 2015 | Petrobras | Santos BM-S-11 | 28 | 5 | 2016 | 200 | 2007 | No FID | [26][27][28][29] | |||
Canada | Birch Mountain (Phase 2) | 2015 | CNRL | LAND | Bitumen | Oil sands | 30 | In-Situ, Announced | [30] | |||||
Canada | Borealis Ph 1 | 2015 | EnCana | LAND | Bitumen | Oil sands | 35 | In-Situ, Application | [31] | |||||
Canada | Horizon Mine & Upgrader (Phase 4) | 2015 | CNRL | LAND | Bitumen | Oil sands | 145 | Mining&Upgrading, Announced | [30] | |||||
Canada | Surmont Ph 2 | 2015 | ConocoPhillips | Oil sands | Bitumen | 130 | [32] | |||||||
East Timor | Greater Sunrise | 2015 | Woodside | NGL | 0.300 | 25 | No FID | [33][34] | ||||||
Russia | Shtokman | 2015 | Gazprom | OFF | NGL | 0.200 | 2020 | 15 | [35][36][37] | |||||
South Africa | Mafutha CTL | 2015 | Sasol | CTL | 80 | No FID | [38] | |||||||
UK | Rosebank/Lochnagar | 2015 | Chevron | OFF | Crude | 0.450 | 2015 | 75 | 2004 | No FID | [39][40][41][42][43] | |||
UK | Western Isles | 2015 | Dana Petroleum | OFF | Crude | 40 | No FID | [44] | ||||||
United States | Jack; St Malo | 2015 | Chevron | ODW | Crude | 1-15 | 200+ | No FID | [45][46][47] | |||||
United States | Kaskida | 2015 | BP | ODW | Crude | 0 | No FID 140 kbd | [48] |
Notes
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References
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- ^ "UPDATE:Petrobras Limits Stake In Venezuela Carabobo I To 10%, Morningstar, March 27, 2008".
- ^ "Atraso en refinería de Pernambuco, Venezuela Real, December 15, 2007".
- ^ "Venezuela, Energy Information Administration (DOE), updated October, 2007". Archived from the original on 2008-10-24.
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