This page summarizes projects that brought more than 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m3/d) of new liquid fuel capacity to market with the first production of fuel beginning in 2006. This is part of the Wikipedia summary of Oil Megaprojects. 2006 saw 30 projects come on stream with an aggregate capacity of 4.092 million barrels per day (650,600 m3/d) when full production was reached this list does not like include any of the enormous project developed in the United States which dwarf these by +-5000 BOE (which may not have been in 2006).
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Terminology
Country | Project name | Year startup | Operator | Area | Type | Grade | 2P resvs | GOR | Peak year | Peak | Discovery | Capital inv. | Notes | Ref. |
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OPEC | ||||||||||||||
Algeria | In Amenas | 6/2006 | BP/Statoil | LAND | Condensate | 2007 | 50 | [2] | ||||||
Indonesia | West Seno Ph2 Exp | 2006 | Chevron | ODW | Crude | 2007 | 20 | 1998 | [3][4] | |||||
Iran | Rag e Safid-Bangestan exp | 2006 | Qeshm | Crude | Light | 2.400 | 150 | [5][6] | ||||||
Kuwait | Minagish Exp (GC 28 EOR) | 2006 | KOC | LAND | Crude | 3.3 | 60 | [7][8][9][10] | ||||||
Nigeria | AOR-E Delta | 2006 | ExxonMobil | 0.560 | 120 | [11] | ||||||||
Nigeria | Erha/Erha North | 4/2006 | ExxonMobil | ODW | 0.500 | 200 | [11][12][13] | |||||||
Nigeria | Oron (OML 123) | 5/2006 | Addax | 0.142 | 2008 | 70 | [14] | |||||||
Qatar | Oryx GTL /Al Seef/Rasgas 5 | 2006 | Sasol/QatarEnergy/ExxonMobil | NGL/GTL | 2008 | 130 | [12][15] | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | Haradh III | 3/2006 | Saudi Aramco | Crude | Light (API 32) | 3-7 | 300 | 1951 | [16][17][18][19] | |||||
UAE | Bu Hasa; Sahil Exp | 2006 | ADNOC | 180 | [22] | |||||||||
UAE | North East BAB Phase1 | 2006 | ADCO | Land + Shallow Marine | 110 | [22] | ||||||||
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Angola | Block 14 BBLT (Benguela-Belize Lobito-Tomboco) | 6/2006 | Chevron | OFF | Crude | 0.400 | 2007 | 200 | [23] | |||||
Angola | Block 17 Dalia (oil field) | 12/2006 | Total | 0.940 | 225 | 2007 | [11][12][24] | |||||||
Australia | Enfield | 7/2006 | Woodside | 0.127 | 2006 | 100 | $1,321m | Max production reached 70kbbl/d, declined to 43kbbl/d by year end. | [25][26] | |||||
Azerbaijan | ACG Ph2 West Azeri | 1/2006 | BP | 2.3 | 2010 | 450 | [12] | |||||||
Azerbaijan | ACG Ph2 East Azeri | 10/2006 | BP | 5.8 | 2008 | 260 | [12][27] | |||||||
Azerbaijan | Shah Deniz (Stage 1) | 12/2006 | BP | OFF | Condensate | 0.800 | 40 | [28][29] | ||||||
Brazil | Albacora Leste (P50) | 4/21/2006 | Petrobras | Crude | Heavy | 0.534 | 2007 | 180 | [30][31] | |||||
Brazil | Golfinho I | 5/6/2006 | Petrobras | Crude | Light | 0.450 | 2007 | 100 | [30][31] | |||||
Brazil | Jubarte 1 Phase 1 (P34) | 12/17/2006 | Petrobras | Crude | Heavy | 0.600 | 2007 | 60 | [30][31][32] | |||||
Eq. Guinea | Okume Complex | 12/2006 | Hess | 2008 | 60 | [33] | ||||||||
Kazakhstan | Tengiz/Korolev expansion | 2006 | Chevron | LAND | Crude | 6.0 | 250 | [34] | ||||||
Mauritania | Chinguetti | 2007 | Petronas | 0.120 | 2006 | 75 | 2001–2003 | $625m | Max production 75kbbl/d declined to 22kbbl/d by year end. | [35][36][37][38][39][40] | ||||
Norway | Fram East | 10/2006 | Norsk Hydro | OFF | 0.061 | 45 | $1,000m | [11][12][41] | ||||||
Sudan | Dar Blend (Adar Yale oilfield) | 7/2006 | Petrodar | Crude | API 26 | 0.276 | 2007 | 200 | [42][43] | |||||
Sudan | Thar Jath | 6/2006 | Petronas | LAND | Crude | 0.250 | 85 | [44][45] | ||||||
United States | Constitution/Ticonderoga | 2/2006 | Anadarko Petroleum | 70 | [46] | |||||||||
United States | Nanuq; Fiord (Alpine satellites) | 9/2006 | Conoco Phillips | LAND | Crude | 0.1 | 2008 | 25 | [47][48] | |||||
Yemen | Malik | 2006 | Calvalley | LAND | Crude | 2009 | 30 | [49][50] |