Samotlor Field

Samotlor field
Well sites made of sand, aerial photography, 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.