The Raguba field is an
oil field
A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations.
Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the presence ...
located in the central part of
Libya's Sirte Basin in Concession 20. The
Sirte Oil Company
Sirte Oil Company (SOC) ( ar, شركة سرت للنفط) is an oil and gas company in Libya operating under the state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC). The company is located in Brega SOC’s operations include oil and gas exploration and prod ...
(SOC) operates the Raguba field. The field is connected by pipeline to the main line between the
Nasser field
The Zelten oil field (now known as the Nasser field) is located at the foot of the Zelten Mountains, about south of Brega in Concession 6. Zelten holds the title as the largest oil field in the Gulf of Sidra. The 229 wells in Zelten use a gas li ...
, one of the largest in Libya, and
Brega
Brega , also known as ''Mersa Brega'' or ''Marsa al-Brega'' ( ar, مرسى البريقة , i.e. "Brega Seaport"), is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, ...
. Raguba field has 80 wells producing high gravity (43 °
API) oil. The first exploration
oil well
An oil well is a drillhole boring in Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface. Usually some natural gas is released as associated petroleum gas along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce only gas may ...
in this field was drilled in January 1961 with production commencing in 1963. By the end of 2005, the field had produced 787 million standard barrels of oil and of associated gas.
Sirte Basin
Libya's
onshore Onshore can mean:
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Offshoring is the relocation of a business process from one country to another ...
oil has been discovered mainly in three
geological trends of the Sirte Basin: 1) the western fairway, which includes several large oil fields (Samah, Beida, Raguba, Dahra-Hofra, and Bahi); 2) the north-center of the country, which contains the giant
Defa-Waha field and Nasser fields, as well as the large Hateiba gas field; and 3) an easterly trend, which has large fields like Sarir, Messla, Gialo, Bu Attifel, Intisar, Nafoora-Augila, and Amal. Overall, the Sirte Basin contains approximately 80% of Libya's proven
oil reserves and accounts for 90% of production.
Notes
See also
*
List of oil fields
References
*Baird, D.W., ''Geohistory and petroleum in the central Sirt Basin'', in ''The geology of Sirt Basin'': p. 3-56.
External links
Eni Website
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Oil fields of Libya
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