Palogue oil field

The Palogue oil field is an oil field located in Melut Basin near the settlement Palogue also known as Paloich. It was discovered in 2003 and developed by China National Petroleum Corporation. It began production in 2003 and produces oil. The total proven reserves of the Palogue oil field are around 2.9 billion barrels (389 million tonnes), and production is centered on 22,000 barrels per day (3,500 m³/d).^[1]

Palogue
Country	South Sudan
Region	Melut Basin
Offshore/onshore	onshore
Operator	Dar Petroleum Operating Company DPOC
Field history
Discovery	2003
Start of production	2003
Production
Current production of oil	160,000 barrels per day (~8.0×10^6 t/a)
Estimated oil in place	389 million tonnes (~ 460×10^6 m3 or 2900 million bbl)

Paloich Airport and Palouge Power Plant^[2] are located in the area to serve oil production needs.

In course of the South Sudanese Civil War, the oil installations at Palogue remained under government control but repeatedly came under attacks from SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Riek Machar. In course of the Pagak offensive in 2017, however, the SPLA claimed to have driven all insurgents from the oil fields and fully secured them.^[3]