Ourhoud Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Anadarko
• Country: Algeria
• Location:
• Production start: 2002
• Partners: Pertamina
• Type: Oil / Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The Ourhoud Field, located in the southeastern corner of Block 404a, is the second largest oil field in Algeria

+++ Contractors

• **JGC:** engineering, procurement and construction services for a large crude oil recovery plant

+++ History

• 1994 - The Ourhoud Field was discovered
• 2000 - JGC Wins a Contract for a Large Crude Oil Recovery Plant
• 2002 - Oil production began in Ourhoud Oil Field
• 2012 - ConocoPhillips Announces Intended Sale its 3.7% stake

+++ Geology

• The producing reservoir is the Triassic Argilo-Gréseux Inferieur (TAGI) which rests unconformably on Carboniferous strata. The structure has a proven oil column height of 293 meters on a three-way dip closure bounded on the east by a significant fault. Within the field area, the TAGI fluvial sandstones can be subdivided into three units, the Upper, Middle and Lower Members, on the basis of widespread shale markers. Triassic-Jurassic salts provide the regional seal overlie the reservoir interval. Silurian and Devonian shales are the source rock intervals.

+++ Links

1. Maersk Oil, Algeria
2. Ourhoud Field Case History in preparation for First Oil Production
3. [[[JGC Oil And Gas Processing References]]]
4. JGC Wins a Contract for a Large Crude Oil Recovery Plant Project in Algeria
5. ConocoPhillips Announces Intended Sale of Algerian Business Unit
6. Pertamina Completes Acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ Assets in Algeria