Moran Oil Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Oil Search
  • Country: Papua New Guinea
  • Location:
  • Production start: 1998
  • Partners:
  • Type: Oil
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

+++ Description

  • The Moran field straddles Petroleum Development Licence-2 (PDL-2), Petroleum Development Licence-5 (PDL-5) and Petroleum Development Licence-6 (PDL 6)
  • At peak the field produced 45,000 bpd

+++ Contractors

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+++ History

  • 1996 - Moran field discovered
  • 1998 - BP sells its share of the field to Oil Search
  • 1998 - First oil produced
  • 2003 - North-west Moran (PPL 219) was discovered
  • 2003 - Oil Search acquired Chevron stake
  • 2021 - Santos and Oil Search merged making Santos the operator

+++ Geology

+++ Links

  1. Moran Oil Project, Department of Petroleum & Energy
  2. BP Sells Papua New Guinea Assets for $400 Million
  3. OIL SEARCH LIMITED Acquires ChevronTexaco’s Interests in Papua New Guinea
  4. Santos And Oil Search Merger Becomes Effective