In this article we will help you discover the major oil fields in Nigeria, including their location, production capacity and operators.
The Bonga Field
The Bonga Field is an oilfield in Nigeria. It was located in License block OPL 212 off the Nigerian coast, which was renamed OML 118 in February 2000. The field covers approximately 60 km2 in an average water depth of 1,000 meters (3,300 ft.). The field was discovered in 1996, with government approval for its development given in 2002. The field began first production in November 2005. The field is worked via an FPSO vessel. The field produces both petroleum and natural gas; the petroleum is offloaded to tankers while the gas is piped back to Nigeria where it is exported via an LNG plant. The field contains approximately 6,000 MM barrels of oil.
The field is operated by Shell Nigeria who own 55% of the license. The other partners in the field development are Exxon (20%), Nigerian AGIP (12.5%) and Elf Petroleum Nigeria Limited (12.5%).
Agbami Field
Agbami Field is an oil field in Nigeria. Discovered in late 1998, it was the second major Deepwater oil field discovered off the Niger Delta, the first being Bonga Field by Shell.
The field is located in nearly 1,500 meters (4,900 ft.) of water off the central Niger Delta. The operator of the field is Star Deep Water Limited, an affiliate of Chevron. Also involved in the field are Famfa Oil, an indigenous oil company owned by the Alakija Family of Lagos, Petrobras (Brazil), Statoil, and NNPC (the national oil company of Nigeria).
Akpo fields
Akpo fields Discovered in 2000, the Akpo field is located in ultra Deepwater of Nigeria. Situated on OML 130 approximately 200 kilometers (124 mi) from Port Harcourt, Akpo’s water depths range from 1,100 to 1,700 meters (3,600 to 5,600 feet).
A gas and condensate field, Akpo is operated by Total, holding a 24% interest in the project. Other participants in the license include CNOOC with 45% interest, Petrobras with 16%, NNPC with 10% and Sapetro with 5%
Field Development Beginning in 2005, the Akpo field development project includes 44 wells—22 production wells, 20 water injection wells and two gas injection—of which 22 have already been drilled, tied-back to an FPSO.
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Oloibiri Oilfield
Oloibiri Oilfield is an onshore oilfield located in Oloibiri in Ogbia LGA of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, and was the first to be discovered in that country. It is located about 45 miles (72 km) east of Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta. Oloibiri field is about 13.75 square kilometers (5.31 sq. mi) and lies in a swamp within OML 29
Oloibiri Oilfield is named after Oloibiri, ano small, remote creek community, where it is located. In Nigeria, oilfields are usually named after the host community where it is located or a local landmark. Sometimes, oilfields are also given names taken from indigenous languages.
The field is currently operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC).
The Bomu oil field
The Bomu oil field is an oil field located in Gokana Local Government Area of the Eastern Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The discovery well was spudded in February 1958 and discovered 265 ft. (81 m) of gas sands and 165 ft (50 m) of oil-bearing sands of the Agbada formation. Production began in 1959 and the first stage of a 12 in (30 cm) pipeline connecting Bomu to the town of Bonny through Anam was completed in the same year.
Prior to the Nigerian Civil War, production reached 75,000 barrels per day with 26 oil producing wells and 3 water producing wells. In 1970, a blow-out occurred in one of the production wells at Bomu leading to the destruction of vegetation and farm crops.
Delta Field
The Delta Field is located offshore from Nigeria on Oil Mining Leases 49 and 95. This is located within the Niger Delta Basin and sits in 12 feet of water. In 1965, the Delta 1 well was completed and the Delta Field opened in 1968 for production.
The Niger Delta is a wave-dominated delta located on the continental margin of the Gulf of Guinea that formed in the Paleogene. The delta is fed with sediment from the Niger River, which has the ninth largest drainage area in the world and the third largest in Africa at 2.23 million km2. The delta is 75,000 km2 in size and reaches a maximum thickness of 12 km in the center of the basin. The Niger Delta is one of the world’s major hydrocarbon provinces; specifically, it ranks 12th in terms of known accumulation of hydrocarbons with reserves exceeding 34 billion barrels of oil and 93 trillion cubic feet of gas. Oil and gas is predominantly extracted from the Agbada Formation and is targeted from structural traps there.
Atala oil field
Atala oil field also known as OML46 is an oil field located in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The Atala Oil Field was formerly known as oil mining field 46. Report has it that for several years, the Atala Oil Field was poorly managed by the Bayelsa state government.
Okoro Oilfield
Okoro Oilfield is an oilfield located 12 kilometers offshore Nigeria in an average water depth of 14 meters in the eastern Niger Delta. The field is located in OML 112 block. The Okoro Oilfield is operated and owned entirely by Amni.
Oloibiri
Oloibiri is a small community in Ogbia LGA located in Bayelsa State, in the eastern Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The inhabitants of Oloibiri community are mainly fishermen and farmers. It is the first place that oil was discovered in Nigeria. Oloibiri is a historic town to the oil and gas industry in Nigeria.