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
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[]

References[]

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  18. ^ "Atraso en refinería de Pernambuco, Venezuela Real, December 15, 2007".
  19. ^ "Venezuela, Energy Information Administration (DOE), updated October, 2007". Archived from the original on 2008-10-24.
  20. ^ "Carabobo Block in Orinoco Oil Belt likely to produce more than 800,000 bpd, El Universal, October 31, 2008". Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
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  48. ^ "Gulf of Mexico Presentation, BP, May 25, 2009" (PDF).
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