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B8 Oil Field
B8 is a major oil field in the Polish exclusive economic area of the Baltic Sea about 70 km north of Jastarnia. The field was discovered in 1983 and started producing oil in 2006. The field currently accounts for four per cent of Poland’s oil production. The field The B8 oil field is one of only two producing offshore oil fields in Poland, the other is B3 oil field, B3. There are further offshore gas fields, such as B4 and B6, although none are in production, The B8 field characteristics are summarised in the table. Owner and operator The field is owned and operated by LOTOS Petrobaltic (LPB). The production license is valid until 2031. Early operations In 2006 Petrobaltic began trial production of the B8 field. Tests indicated that recoverable reserves amounted to 1 million cubic metres of crude oil and more than 100 million cubic metres of natural gas. Production started in 2007 with oil transported to Gdansk refinery and gas flared. In 2010 plans were made to in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude. A marginal sea of the Atlantic, with limited water exchange between the two water bodies, the Baltic Sea drains through the Danish Straits into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, Great Belt and Little Belt. It includes the Gulf of Bothnia, the Bay of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga and the Bay of Gdańsk. The " Baltic Proper" is bordered on its northern edge, at latitude 60°N, by Åland and the Gulf of Bothnia, on its northeastern edge by the Gulf of Finland, on its eastern edge by the Gulf of Riga, and in the west by the Swedish part of the southern Scandinavian Peninsula. The Baltic Sea is connected by artificial waterways to the White Sea via the White Sea–Baltic Canal and to the German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
