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Prinos oil field

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Country
  
Greece

Operator
  
Energean Oil & Gas

Discovery
  
1971

Start of production
  
1975

Offshore/onshore
  
offshore

Region
  
Aegean Sea

Start of development
  
1971

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Current production of oil
  
1,900 barrels per day (~95,000 t/a)

Estimated oil in place
  
12 million tonnes (~ 10×10^ m or 90 MMbbl)

The Prinos oil field is an oil field located in the northern Aegean Sea, between the island of Thasos and city of Kavala on the mainland. It was discovered in 1971 and developed by Energean Oil & Gas. It began production in 1975. The total proven reserves of the Prinos oil field are around 90 million barrels (12×106tonnes), and production is centered on 1,900 barrels per day (300 m3/d). It is named after the village of Prinos on Thasos, the nearest inhabited place.

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Prinos oil field Wikipedia