Samotlor Field

Samotlor field
Bushy areas covered with sand, photo from a quadcopter, August 2018.
Samotlor Field is located in Russia
Samotlor Field
Location of Samotlor field
CountryRussia
RegionKhanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast
LocationLake Samotlor, Nizhnevartovsk district,
Offshore/onshoreonshore
Coordinates61°7′N 76°45′E / 61.117°N 76.750°E / 61.117; 76.750
OperatorSamotlorneftegaz
PartnerRosneft
Field history
Discovery1965
Start of development1967
Start of production1969
Peak year1980
Production
Current production of oil332,782 barrels per day (~1.658×10^7 t/a)
Year of current production of oil2013
Estimated oil in place4,000 million barrels (~5.5×10^8 t)
Producing formationsCretaceous ages
West Siberian petroleum basin oil and gas fields

Samotlor Field is the largest oil field of Russia and the sixth largest in the world,[1] owned and operated by Rosneft. The field is located at Lake Samotlor in Nizhnevartovsk district, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast. It covers 1,752 square kilometres (676 sq mi).[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference oilvoice220809 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The field is "Samotlor". TNK-BP. Retrieved 14 June 2010.