Patos-Marinëz is an Albanian oil field that was discovered in 1928 and became operational in 1930.[2] It is the biggest on-shore oil field in Europe, and with its 11,854 barrels (1,884.6 m3) per day the biggest oil producing field in Albania.[3] The Patos Marinëz oil field is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of the city of Fier in south central Albania.[4] Its proven reserves are about 2 billion barrels (320×10 6 m3).[5] Patos Marinëz has only heavy oil and is in production since the 1930s.[2]
Statistics
- Contingent resource for 2010 is 1.2 billion barrels (190,000,000 m3), compared to 838 million barrels (133,200,000 m3) in 2009[6]
- Prospective resource for 2010 is 568 million barrels (90,300,000 m3), compared to 384 million barrels (61,100,000 m3) in 2009[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Bankers Petroleum Ltd". bankerspetroleum.com.
- ^ a b "Cold Heavy Oil Production at Patos-Marinza, Albania". Onepetro.org. 2005-11-03. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ "UPDATE 1-Bankers Petroleum's key Albanian oilfield output jumps in Q1". Reuters. 2011-04-07.
- ^ Schumi, W (2004). "CHOPS: Cold heavy Oil Production with sand in the Patos-Marinza Oilfield". Erdöl, Erdgas, Kohle. 120 (12): OG158 – OG162. INIST 16338353.
- ^ WNJ Editor (2009-11-03). "World News Journal: Europe's largest onshore oilfield is in Albania". Africannewsanalysis.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
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has generic name (help) - ^ a b "BANKERS PETROLEUM ANNOUNCES 2010 RESERVES REPORT". istockanalyst.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-04.
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