Project Profile
Value: US$178 million
Location: 200 km to the southwest of Sabha, Murzuq Basin
Production capacity: 90,000 barrels per day
Production: 75,000 bpd (February, 2017)
Start-up year: February 2004
The Elephant Field, also known as the El Feel Field, is an oil field located onshore in Libya\'s Murzuq Basin. Elephant began production in February 2004 at around 10,000 barrels per day (1,600 cubic metres per day). In 2006, Eni indicated that Elephant was producing at around 125,000 barrels per day (19,900 cubic metres per day), and the company was hoping to see the field reach full capacity of 150,000 barrels per day (24,000 cubic metres per day) by 2008. The operator of the Elephant Field is Agip Oil Company Limited, a company equally owned by NOC and Eni.
Operators:
Eni S.p.A.: Operator with 33.34% interest
National Oil Corporation (NOC): 33.33% interest
Gazprom: 33.33% interest
Contractors:
RigNet: Provision of maintenance services for the field\'s telecommunication system.