Sinoe oil field
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The Sinoe oil field is an oil field
located on the continental shelf of the Black Sea
. It was discovered in 1991 and developed by Petrom
. It began production in 1999 and produces oil
. The total proven reserves of the Sinoe oil field are around 20 million barrels (2.7×106tonnes), and production is centered around 3000 oilbbl/d. The field also produces around 10.7 million cubic feet/day (0.3×105m³) of gas and has reserves of 71 billion cubic feet (2×109m³).
Oil field
An oil field is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically extend over a large area, possibly several hundred kilometres across, full exploitation entails multiple wells scattered across the area...
located on the continental shelf of the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
. It was discovered in 1991 and developed by Petrom
Petrom
Petrom is a Romanian oil company, the largest corporation in Romania and the largest gas and oil producer in Eastern Europe operating in several countries:*Romania - largest company;*Moldova - 2nd largest company, 31% market share;...
. It began production in 1999 and produces oil
Oil
An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....
. The total proven reserves of the Sinoe oil field are around 20 million barrels (2.7×106tonnes), and production is centered around 3000 oilbbl/d. The field also produces around 10.7 million cubic feet/day (0.3×105m³) of gas and has reserves of 71 billion cubic feet (2×109m³).