Zelten Oil Field (Paperback)

PMHigh Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Zelten oil field (now known as the Nasser field) is located in the town of Zelten, at the foot of the Zelten Mountains, about 105 miles (169 km) south of Marsa El Brega in Concession 6. Zelten holds the title as the largest oil field in the Gulf of Sirte. The 229 wells in Zelten use a gas lifting system. Discovered in 1956, Zelten was Libya's first major oil well, producing about 17,500 bbl/d (2,780 m3/d). In 1959, its reserves were estimated at 2.5 billion barrels (400,000,000 m3) of 38 API oil, lying at 5,500-7,600 feet. Esso Standard began production of Zelten in 1961. The Zelten gas-lift system was installed during the period from 1969 to 1971 and represented one of the first uses of gas lift on a fieldwide basis to produce the high volume wells typical of Middle East Oil fields. In 1979, approximately 500,000 bbl/d (79,000 m3/d) of total liquid was being produced by gas lift. By 2006, the accumulated production of the Zelten field reached 2,426 mmb of oil and 1,506x10 9 cu ft (4.26x1010 m3) of associated ga