Patos-Marinza Oil Field

Patos-Marinëz is an Albanian oil field that was discovered in 1928 and became operational in 1930.^[2] It is the biggest on-shore oil field in Europe, and with its 11,854 barrels (1,884.6 m³) per day the biggest oil producing field in Albania.^[3] The Patos Marinëz oil field is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of the city of Fier in south central Albania.^[4] Its proven reserves are about 2 billion barrels (320×10^⁶ m³).^[5] Patos Marinëz has only heavy oil and is in production since the 1930s.^[2]

Patos Marinëz
Location of Patos Marinëz
Country	Albania
Region	Fier County
Location	Patos
Block	Patos-Marinëz
Offshore/onshore	Onshore
Coordinates	40°44′N 19°39′E
Operator	Bankers Petroleum, Albpetrol
Field history
Discovery	1928/ Ina
Start of production	2004 [1]
Production
Current production of oil	medium-heavy oil t/a (12.556 bbl/d or 1.9962 m3/d)
Estimated oil in place	1.500 million barrels (~2.046×10^5 t)
Producing formations	sandstone

Statistics

• Contingent resource for 2010 is 1.2 billion barrels (190,000,000 m³), compared to 838 million barrels (133,200,000 m³) in 2009^[6]
• Prospective resource for 2010 is 568 million barrels (90,300,000 m³), compared to 384 million barrels (61,100,000 m³) in 2009^[6]

See also

• Energy portal

• Kuçova oil field
• Oil fields of Albania