Hassi Messaoud oil field
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Hassi Messaoud Oil Field is an oil field
located in Ouargla Province
. It was discovered in 1956 and developed by Sonatrach
. The oil field is operated and owned by Sonatrach
. The total proven reserves
of the Hassi Messaoud oil field are around 6.4 billion barrels (870×106tonnes), and production is centered around 350000 oilbbl/d.
Oil field
An oil field is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically extend over a large area, possibly several hundred kilometres across, full exploitation entails multiple wells scattered across the area...
located in Ouargla Province
Ouargla Province
Ouargla or Warqla is a province in eastern Algeria. Its capital is Ouargla. Other localities include Temacine, Touggourt, and Hassi Messaoud. It contains the Issaouane Erg desert.-History:...
. It was discovered in 1956 and developed by Sonatrach
Sonatrach
Sonatrach is an Algerian government-owned company formed to exploit the hydrocarbon resources of the country. Its diversified activities cover all aspects of production: exploration, extraction, transport, and refining...
. The oil field is operated and owned by Sonatrach
Sonatrach
Sonatrach is an Algerian government-owned company formed to exploit the hydrocarbon resources of the country. Its diversified activities cover all aspects of production: exploration, extraction, transport, and refining...
. The total proven reserves
Proven reserves
Proven reserves, also called proved reserves, measured reserves, 1P, and Reserves, are business or political terms regarding fossil fuel energy sources....
of the Hassi Messaoud oil field are around 6.4 billion barrels (870×106tonnes), and production is centered around 350000 oilbbl/d.