Meleiha Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: ENI
- Country: Egypt
- Location: Western Desert
- Production start:
- Partners: Eni 56%, Lukoil (24%) and Mitsui (20%).
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves: 16.95 mln barrels of oil (2011)
- Production Volume: 54 thousand barrels of oil per day (2015)
Description
- The Meleiha block is located in the Northern Province of Egypt’s Western Desert, and consists of four main fields (Aman, North-East Meleiha, West Meleiha, and South-East Meleiha).
- There are a number of other minor fields including Arcadia, Emry Deep & Rosa North
- The fields were discovered in the 1970s and development began in 1978. The block covers an area of 700 km2
- There are 217 oil production wells and 50 injection wells at the field
- Oil is delivered to export via a 167-km pipeline to the Al-Khamra oil terminal.
Contractors
- ENPPI: Upgrade the existing production facilities to accommodate the additional condensate received from El Obayied Field
History
- 1978 - Development of the fields launched
- 2010 - Mitsui acquired a stake from IFC
- 2010 - Production started from Arcadia
- 2012 - Emry Deep field discovered
- 2013 - Rosa North deposit discovered
Geology
Links
- Lukoil, Fact Book 2012
- ENPPI Oil And Gas Processing References
- MOECO acquired interests in three onshore blocks in the Arab Republic of Egypt
- Eni starts up onshore oil production from Arcadia field in Egypt
- Eni: significant new oil discovery in the Egyptian Western Desert
- Eni: new oil discovery in western desert of Egypt
- Eni: record level of production achieved in the Western Desert of Egypt
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