Samotlor Declared the World’s Sixth Biggest Field, TNK-BP

Release Date: 2009-08-21

Three Russian oil fields are listed among the world twenty biggest fields by IHS CERA, an international research company. Experts from IHS CERA compared output from various fields and declared Ghawar, a Saudi Arabian field the world’s biggest, Kuwait Burgan ranked second and Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli (Azerbaijan) came in third. The list contains three Russian Western Siberian fields: Samotlor (TNK-BP), Priobskoye (Rosneft and Gazpromneft) and Fedorovsko-Surgutskoye (Surgutneftegaz). To be fair, the second and third Russian fields are split into parts.

Samotlor is leading in terms of production with 37.4 million tons per annum and cumulative production since the start-up in 1969 of about 2.6 billion tons. Its proven residual reserves are 545 million tons. The field is 80% depleted with water-cut exceeding 90%.

According to a TNK-BP representative, the field production has stabilized over the past 4–5 years after a period of decline, and the company intends to support production through an aggressive exploration program and application of cutting-edge technologies.

Type:	NORMAL
Company:	TNK-BP
Country:	俄罗斯