Garzan oil field

Summary

The Garzan oil field is an oil field located in Batman, Batman Province, Southeastern Anatolia Region. It was discovered in 1947–1951 and developed by Türkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı. It began production in 1956.[1][2] The total proven reserves of the Garzan oil field are around 163 million barrels (22.2×106 tonnes), and production is about 1,700 barrels per day (270 m3/d).[3] The structure is a double plunging anticline bordered by a major reverse fault extending along the southern flank. The age of the Garzan formation is cretaceous, consisting of carbonates of a rudist build-up complex. Oil field contains 24 degree API (0.91 g/cm3) oil with a reservoir viscosity of 6.75 cp. Reservoir was initially highly undersaturated lists basic reservoirdata for Garzan.[4]

Garzan
CountryTurkey
RegionSoutheastern Anatolia Region
LocationBatman
Offshore/onshoreonshore
OperatorTürkiye Petrolleri Anonim Ortaklığı
Production
Current production of oil1,700 barrels per day (~85,000 t/a)
Estimated oil in place22.2 million tonnes
(~ 25.9×10^6 m3 or 163 million bbl)

References edit

  1. ^ History of petroleum Archived 2011-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, tpao.gov.tr
  2. ^ Zeynep Elif Gaziulusoy Yildizel Depositional stacking patterns and cycles of Garzan formation in the Garzan-Germik oil field: an approach to cycle to log correlation, Middle East Technical University, PhD thesis, 2008
  3. ^ Gengiz Keskin and Cengiz Can. "Upper cretaceous carbonate reservoirs of the Raman Field, Southeast Turkey". Carbonates and Evaporites. 1 (1): 25. doi:10.1007/BF03174401.
  4. ^ Warren, G. M., Memioglu, E., Bakiler, C. S., “Case study: enhanced oil recovery potentialfor the Garzan field, Turkey”, Middle East Oil Show, 7–10 March 1987, Bahrain, 15752-MS.

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