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North African gas and oil fields

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Abu Qir Gas Field

The Abu Qir gas field is an offshore gas and condensate field in Abu Qir Bay, Egypt, the country's first offshore gas field, discovered in 1969.

Al Karam Oil and Gas Field

Al Karam Oil and Gas Field is an onshore oil and gas field in Egypt's Western Desert, about 300 km west of Cairo, producing non-associated gas and condensate since 2014.

Alrar gas field

The Alrar gas field (الرار) is a gas-condensate field in the Illizi Basin of southeastern Algeria, near the Libyan border, discovered in 1961 and producing commercially since 1987.

Amal gas field

The Amal gas field is an offshore oil and gas field in the southern Gulf of Suez, Egypt, discovered in 1968, with first production in 1989 and later commercial gas output.

Atoll Oil and Gas Field

Atoll is an offshore natural gas and condensate field in Egypt's Mediterranean Sea, discovered by BP in 2015 and brought onstream in February 2018, with reserves of about 1.5 trillion cubic feet.

Attahadi Oil and Gas Field

The Attahadi Oil and Gas Field, also spelled Attahaddy and formerly called Areada, is a giant onshore gas-condensate field in Libya's Sirte Basin, discovered in 1964.

Bahr Es Salam Oil and Gas Field

Bahr Es Salam is Libya's largest offshore producing gas field, about 110 km off the Tripoli coast, in production since 2005 and operated by Mellitah Oil & Gas.

Baltim South West Oil and Gas Field

Baltim South West is a shallow-water natural gas field in the Nile Delta's Great Nooros area off Egypt, discovered by Eni in 2016, producing from 2019, and operated by Petrobel.

Bashrush Gas Field

Bashrush Gas Field is a natural gas discovery offshore Egypt's Nile Delta, announced by operator Eni with partners bp and Total in July 2020, testing up to 32 million cubic feet of gas per day.

Burullus Gas Field

The Burullus Gas Field is an offshore natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea about 120 km north of Egypt's Nile Delta, producing since 2003 and operated by Burullus Gas Company.

Farigh Oil and Gas Field

Farigh Oil and Gas Field (فارغ), also spelled Faregh, is the name of two producing onshore hydrocarbon fields in Libya's Sirte Basin, one operated by Waha Oil Company and one by Harouge Oil Operations.

Gassi Touil Oil and Gas Field

Gassi Touil is a producing onshore oil and gas field in eastern Algeria's Berkine sub-basin, discovered in 1961 and operated by the Algerian state company Sonatrach.

Ha'py Oil and Gas Field

Ha'py is a gas and condensate field in the Mediterranean Sea off Egypt's Nile Delta, discovered in 1996 by Amoco and IEOC and producing since March 2000.

Hassi Ba Hammou Gas Field

Hassi Ba Hammou Gas Field (حاسي باحمو) is an onshore natural gas field in Timimoun province, Algeria, discovered in 1965 and brought into service in 2023.

Hassi R'Mel

Hassi R'Mel is a giant gas-condensate field in the Algerian Sahara, the country's largest, discovered in 1956 and the hub for its gas exports to Europe.

Hassi R'Mel Oil and Gas Field

Hassi R'Mel Oil and Gas Field is a giant gas-condensate field in the Algerian Sahara, discovered in 1956, holding more than half of Algeria's proved gas reserves.

Miskar Gas Field

Miskar Gas Field is an offshore natural gas and condensate field in the Gulf of Gabès, Tunisia, the country's largest gas accumulation, producing since 1996 and now run by ETAP.

Nawara Gas Field

The Nawara Gas Field is Tunisia's largest gas development, an onshore field in the Ghadames Basin in southern Tunisia owned by ETAP and OMV, producing since 2020.

Nooros Gas Field

Nooros is a natural gas and condensate field in the Nile Delta of Egypt, discovered by Eni in 2015 and Egypt's largest active gas project.

Obaiyed gas field

The Obaiyed gas field is a tight gas and condensate field in the Shushan Basin of Egypt's northern Western Desert, discovered by Shell in 1992 and producing since 1999.

Ohanet gas field

Ohanet is a wet gas field in the Illizi Basin of eastern Algeria, near the Libyan border, producing through a facility that treats about 710 million cubic feet of gas per day.

Qasr Oil and Gas Field

Qasr Oil and Gas Field is a large gas-condensate field in Egypt's Western Desert, about 525 km west of Cairo. Discovered in 2003, it is the largest known field in the Western Desert.

Raven Oil and Gas Field

The Raven field is a near-HPHT gas and condensate field about 60 km offshore Alexandria, Egypt, discovered in 2004 and producing since early 2021 under bp.

Rhourde Nouss Gas Field

Rhourde Nouss Gas Field (رورد النص) is a gas-condensate field in southeastern Algeria's Illizi basin, Algeria's second largest gas development after Hassi R'Mel, operated by Sonatrach.

Rosetta Oil and Gas Field

Rosetta Oil and Gas Field is a natural gas field offshore the Nile Delta, Egypt, discovered in 1997, producing from January 2001 into Egypt's domestic market, and now depleted.

Taurus and Libra Oil and Gas Field

Taurus and Libra are two natural gas fields in the Mediterranean off Alexandria, Egypt, started by BP in March 2017 as part of the West Nile Delta project.

Temsah Oil and Gas Field

Temsah is a giant offshore gas and condensate field in the Egyptian Mediterranean Nile Delta, producing since 1999 from Miocene sandstones, with over 3.9 tcf of proven gas reserves.

Tin Fouye-Tabankort Oil and Gas Field

Tin Fouye-Tabankort is a giant oil and gas field in the Illizi Basin of southeastern Algeria, producing from an Ordovician sandstone reservoir since 1967 and operated by Sonatrach with TotalEnergies.

Zohr Gas Field

The Zohr gas field is a supergiant natural gas field in Egypt's Mediterranean waters, discovered by Eni in 2015; it is the largest gas discovery in the Mediterranean.