Ourhoud Oil Field

Ourhoud Oil Field
Country	Algeria
Region	Ouargla Province
Offshore/onshore	onshore
Operator(s)	Compañía Española de Petróleos Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Sonatrach
Field history
Discovery	1994
Start of development	1998
Start of production	2002
Production
Current production of oil	250,000 barrels per day (~1.2×10^7 t/a)
Estimated oil in place	1,000 million barrels (~1.4×10^8 t)
Estimated oil in place (million tonnes)	140

Ourhoud Oil Field is an oil field located in Ouargla Province. It was discovered in 1994 and developed by Compañía Española de Petróleos. The oil field is operated and owned by Compañía Española de Petróleos, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Sonatrach. The total proven reserves of the Ourhoud oil field are around 1 billion barrels (140×10⁶tonnes), and production is centered around 250,000 barrels per day (40,000 m³/d).^[1]

References

1. ^ "Algeria's Ourhoud Field Achieves Full Production". Rigzone. 2003. http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=6546. Retrieved 2011-01-09.