Conflict erupts for control of libya s largest oil field this article is more than 1 year old fighting between unbacked gna and libyan national army over field closed since december. The libyan national oil corporation noc reported that a fire had erupted early on june 09 at compound 1 at sarir oilfield due to the high temperature experienced in an electric generator. Whereas numerous archetypal sirte shale formation oils were recognized e. Pdf exploration history of messla oil field, sirt basin, north. Militants damaged its pipeline in an attack last week. Epsa agreements signed with libyas noc wintershall dea gmbh. Oil was discovered in november 1959 in well b1 concession 12, amal field, libya, in the eastern part of the sirte basin.
Oil production in libya from the 1970s to the 2000s had. The noc indicated that the fire started at the field s. The sarir field or, more specifically, sarir c is on west edge of the calanscio sand sea at the southeast margin of the sirte basin. The sirte basin province is characterized by one dominant petroleum system, the sirtezelten, which is subdivided into four assessment units.
Messla sarir electrical network scada system project no k47. Geomechanics studies have been conducted, but each on its own was unable to detect the definitive cause of sand production. Output has been fluctuating between around 150,000 and 230,000 bpd, its chairman said in. The sirt basin is one of the youngest sedimentary basins in libya and covers an area of approximately 600. The zawiya tribal leader, sheik faraj al zwai, has been known to threaten to interrupt oil exports from the sarir field and some believe he may have threatened the other major arabian gulf company fields of messla and nafoora. The reflection seismic exploration technique was used because there is very little surface expression in this area. Sarir field project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Petroleum geology in libya libya s first oil discovery was made by esso standard in 1957, in the western ghadames basin.
Arabian gulf oil company is an oil company totally owned by noc. Pdf formation of sand production control in an oil field, libya. Feb 22, 2015 the sarir oil field resumed transfers feb. Request pdf oil and gas fields of libya a description is given of a representative set of oil and gas fields from all the different petroleum producing provinces of libya. The bunker huntbritish petroleum sarir oil field of libya appears to be one of the 10 to 12 supergiants of the world. Libya s national oil corp has announced that its plans to increase production rates at various fields throughout the country are bearing fruit at several fields, most recently at the nafoura and sarir fields. Looking for online definition of sarir or what sarir stands for. Pdf geochemical evaluation of east sirte basin libya petroleum. User chelseadavis19 uploaded this map libya sarir field oil refinery map petroleum png image on november 27, 2018, 2.
The field, discovered in 1971, lies in the southeastern part of the sirte basin approxi mately 40 km north of the supergiant sarir oil field. The exploration of oil began in 1955, and by 1959 libyas first oil fields were discovered at amal and zelten. The oil field pumps about 185,000 barrels per day, some twothirds of the countrys total output. This is a continuation of a paleozoic trend that had yielded some big discoveries in eastern algeria. Libyas sarir oil field restarts production, zueitina. Whichever side controls libya s petroleum industry its fields, pipelines, refineries and ports will triumph. The prolific sirte basin became the focus of exploration after several magnetic surveys outlined the structural make up of the basin. Wintershall reaches libya deal news for the oil and gas. Pdf formation of sand production control in an oil field. Sanford, hunt international petroleum company regional geological background the sarir field occurs within but near the south eastern margin of the upper cretaceoustertiary sirte basin. Within the framework of the national oil corporation nocs plan to increase production rates and. Pdf depositional architecture of the upper sarir sandstone. And whichever side triumphs will determine libya s future as an oil exporter. Libya hopes to restart sarir oilfield the maritime executive.
Furthermore, wintershall dea operates area 58 on the cyrenaica plateau as well as areas 69708687 former nc193 and 8889 former nc195 in the onshore sirte basin, but activities in these areas have been suspended under. Noc subsidiary arabian gulf oil co produces the sarir and messla grades. The countrys oil sector was crippled again in mid20 as widespread protests led to a sharp deterioration of the security environment and the closure of loading ports, oil fields, and. Libyas ntc expects to restart misla, sarir oil fields soon. The jurassic lower cretaceous sarir sandstone cformerly known as the. Any threat to the sarir area cause particular alarm because more than 50% of libya s remaining oil production comes from this territory.
As there are a large number of oil production wells, there is a risk of environmental pollution because of the waste waters eventual penetration into subsoil and surface waterways. The basement rocks of the messiah high are onlapped by the lower cretaceous sarir sandstone, where the pay is trapped. Sirte basin is a prolific oil province hosting supergiants such as the amal, augilanafoora and. The noc explained on its website that the fire had resulted in a production loss of approximately 30,000 barrels per day bpd.
Sep 03, 2011 libya s national transitional council expects to restart oil production at the misla and sarir oil fields in around 10 days time, the north african countrys new oil minister ali tarhouni said on. The port is open but there doesnt seem to be oil flowing. The spokesman also said that production at the messla field had been restrained for the same reason. Agoco increases production at nafoura and sarir oil fields. Sarir field is one of the earliest discovered basins in libya. Petrographic analysis of the sarir sandstone in messla oil. The nafoora oilfield is situated on a major tectonic uplift in the eastern sirte basin, the amal. Amal field, libya1 geology of giant petroleum fields. Sarir field sirte basin, libya desert surprise then and now some keys to revisit of libya. A simulation study of the sarir fieldtobruk terminal. Credited with 11 to billion bbl of oil in place, it is a waterdrive field that could, and probably will, recover nearly 50% of its total oil. Agoco has upstream operations in eight oil fields, including sarir, messla, nafoora, beda and hammada.
May 28, 2014 libyas sarir field shut in wednesday, may 28, 2014 a spokesman from libyan noc subsidiary agoco reported that the countrys sarir oil field has been closed due to the tanks at the port of hariga being full. The water produced at the amal oil field in libya is directly stored for evaporation in ingroundpits. Sarir field sirte basin, libya, desert surprise then. The geology of the sarir oilfield, sirte basin, libya. The new operator will be 51% owned by noc and 49% by wiag. Credited with 11 billion bbl of oil in place, it is a waterdrive field that could, and probably will, recover nearly 50 percent of its total oil. The geology of the sarir oilfield, sirte basin, libya onepetro. Sarir is listed in the worlds largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms the free dictionary. The sirte basin province of libyasirtezelten total petroleum. Recently, libya exports about one million, six hundred thousand barrels per day. The analysis of plant location effectiveness the study of. It was a subsidiary of the stateowned national oil corporation noc. Drilling on this high encountered hydrocarbon entrapment in over a dozen distinct stratigraphic units.
Located in tubrok city, it has two jetties for shipping crude oil from sarir and messla oil fields. Libya, arabian gulf oil company, area, land lot, map. Upgrade of electrical power system at beda oil field project no o54. The resolution of this file is 1200x750px and its file size is. Petrographic analysis of the sarir sandstone in messla oil field, southeast sirte basin, north central libya h.
Messla oil sedimentological aspects of the sarir sandstone. London libya s crippled oil sector received two boosts on monday after stateowned national oil corp said its agoco unit had restarted production at the sarir field in the east of the country and loadings from the idled port of zueitina resumed. The marsa alhariga terminal resumed operations in april after more than eight months of strikes and protests disrupted both export loadings at the terminal and production at the mesla and sarir crude fields which feed it. Four oilfields have been discovered on this uplift amal, rakb, augila and naffora. The sarir sandstone interpret as fluvial and alluvial fan deposits whereas the lower sarir sandstone were deposited in a braided system as interchannel bars. And whichever side triumphs will determine libyas future as an oil exporter. The sarir oilfield, which falls squarely within zawaya tribal land, is one of the biggest in libya and produces around 11% of its total output of crude oil. Libya s oil production was disrupted for m ost of 2011 because of the civil war, but it recovered relatively quickly following the cessation of most hostilities. Modernization of metering devices and the tank level gauging system at sarir refinery phase no2 project no i81.
Sarir, libya s biggest field, feeds the hariga oil port, the only onshore export port still operational, though two small offshore platforms can also export around 70,000 to 80,000 barrels per day. Alajail 2 1 department of petroleum engineering, misurata universit,y misurata, libya 2 department of geology, university of riptoli, riptoli, libya corresponding author. The field will go on production in late 1966 when these facilities are due to be completed. The sarir field was discovered in southern cyrenaica during 1961 and is considered to be the largest oil field in libya, with estimated oil reserves of 12 gbbl. Apr 27, 2011 nato says it is bombing libya to defend civilians. The messla oil field is the most recent addition to the list of 20 giant fields discovered within the prolific sirte basin of libya. Nothings moving from hariga at the moment, said a shipbroker. Pdf on jan 1, 2008, thomas weihe and others published depositional. The sirte basin province of libyasirtezelten total. Although in an early stage of development the field is estimated to. The sarir field was discovered in southern cyrenaica during 1961 and is considered to be the largest oil field in libya, with estimated oil reserves of 12 gbbl 1. The oil is normally carried across several terminals through different pipelines which represent the most economic and safest carriage system for mineral products. Sarir oil field, libyadesert surprise1 geology of giant.
Sarir oilfields blogs, comments and archive news on. Sarir unconformity host in excess of 20 billion barrels of oil in. Libya sets 2018 oil contracts, glencore keeps sarirmessla. Sarir 3x285 mw gas turbine project libya during the construction time. Messla oil field, exploration, geophysics, geology, sarir sandstone, sirt basin, libya introduction in 1961british petroleum, in partnership with. Libyan noc sarir crude oil specifications crude oil properties gravity, degrees api 37. Geology libya petroleum geology petroleum reservoir. The sarir sandstone in messla oil field are of lower cretaceous ageaptian alpian and occur in the subsurface of the eastern part of the messla high in the southeast sirt basin. Lewis 1990 documented the interesting discovery history of these fields including the notation that the sarir field was nearly bypassed because oil was not. The company also operates an oil terminal and a refinery in tobruk and sarir. Generating mechanical earth models mems to analyze reservoirs can become. This email address is being protected from spambots. Since 1984, sanding in arabian gulf oil companys agoco sarir field in libya has become progressively worse in an increasing number of wells.
Dec 12, 2019 aljurf oil field is located offshore in the mediterranean, stretching along the maritime border of libya to tunisia. Bomb hits libyan oil pipeline, halting flow to port. Around 40 countries were granted concession contracts to explore and drill in an area of about 600,000km2. It is found that, unlike the basins of southern libya and algeria, there is little surface expression of the sirte basin. Suspected islamic state militants staged an attack on a power and water plant about 80km from the major sarir oil field in eastern libya, reuters reported. Sarir field sirte basin, libya, desert surprise then and. As there are a large number of oil production wells, there is a risk of environmental polluti. It lies beneath vast sarir gravel plains with occasional sand seas and escarpments. Sarir is operated by the arabian gulf oil company agoco, a subsidiary of the stateowned national oil corporation noc. Libya s production had increased for most of the previous decade, from 1.
Whichever side controls libyas petroleum industry its fields, pipelines, refineries and ports will triumph. Libya witnessed militants attack on sarir oil field. P62, arabian gulf oil company agoco supply and installation of new hvac system. Characterization and distribution of the sarir sandstone. Gillespie, bp exploration company libya limited and r.
Sarir field, as the largest field in libya, produces from preupper cretaceous fluvial sandstones. The oil industry is the backbone of the countrys economy in libya. Formation of sand production control in an oil field, libya. The national oil corporation noc has advertised new tenders. The field, discovered in 1971, lies in the southeastern part of the sirte basin approximately 40 km north of the supergiant sarir oil field. Sarir field the sarir field was discovered in southern cyrenaica during 1961 and is considered to be the largest oil field in libya, with estimated oil reserves of 12 gbbl 1. On saturday, the pipeline just north of the sarir field was damaged and set on fire, officials have. The geology of the sarir oilfield, sirte basin, libya abstract the sarir oilfield nelson bunker huntbritish petroleum lies near the. Wiag will transfer operatorship of the onshore sirte basin fields to a joint operating company, sarir oil operations, by mid2020.
The sarir field was discovered in the sirte basin by bp in 1961 is considered the countrys largest field. Sanford 1970 with database of field parameters compiled by jingyao gong, aapg data systems. Characterization and distribution of the sarir sandstone reservoir in the chadar field, concession 126, sirte basin, north libya. Sirte basin is a prolific oil province hosting supergiants such as the amal, augila nafoora and. The maximum oil column is 300 ft and the area of surface closure is 155 mi 2. Sarir oil field, libyadesert surprise journal article.