Editing Samotlor Field

{{Short description|Russian oilfield}}
{{Infobox oil field
| name        = Samotlor field
| country     = [[Russia]]
| region      = [[Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug]], [[Tyumen Oblast]]
| location    = Lake Samotlor, Nizhnevartovsk district,
| block       =
| offonshore  = onshore
| location_map       = Russia
| location_map_width = 
| location_map_text  = 
| coordinates = {{coord|61|7|N|76|45|E|region:RU_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref    = 
| relief      = yes
| operator    = Samotlorneftegaz
| operators   =
| partner     = [[Rosneft]]
| image       =Фото Самотлора с воздуха.jpg
| caption     =[[Oil well|Well]] sites made of sand, aerial photography, August 2018.
| discovery   = 1965
| start_development = 1967
| start_production = 1969
| peak_year   = 1980
| abandonment =
| oil_production_bbl/d = 332782
| oil_production_tpy =
| production_year_oil = 2013
| production_gas_mmcuft/d =
| production_gas_mmscm/d =
| production_gas_bcm/y =
| production_year_gas =
| est_oil_bbl = 4000
| est_oil_t   =
| est_gas_bft =
| est_gas_bcm =
| formations  = [[Cretaceous]] ages
}}
[[File:West Siberia oil and gas fields.png|thumb|250px|[[West Siberian petroleum basin]] oil and gas fields]]
'''Samotlor Field''' is the largest [[oil field]] of [[Russia]] and the sixth largest in the world,<ref name=oilvoice220809/> owned and operated by [[Rosneft]].  The field is located at [[Lake Samotlor]] in [[Nizhnevartovsk]] district, [[Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug]], [[Tyumen Oblast]]. It covers {{convert|1752|km2}}.<ref name="tnk-bp"> The field is 
{{Cite web
 | url= http://www.tnk-bp.com/operations/exploration-production/projects/samotlor/
 | title= Samotlor
 | publisher = [[TNK-BP]]
 | accessdate=2010-06-14}}
</ref>

==History==
The field was discovered in 1965. Development started in 1967 and first oil was produced in 1969.<ref name=oilvoice220809/><ref name="tnk-bp"/>  Discovery of this field had changed [[Nizhnevartovsk]] from a small nearby village into a busy oil city as Samotlor used to be the most important oil production base of the [[Soviet Union]]. After breakup of the Soviet Union the field was owned by Samotlorneftgaz and TNK-Nizhnevartovsk, which later formed TNK-BP.<ref name=glg>{{Cite journal
 | url= http://www.glgroup.com/News/TNK-BP-planning-to-produce-Samotlor-for-another-90-years-37338.html
 | title= TNK-BP planning to produce Samotlor for another 90 years
 | last= Lynch | first= Michael
 | publisher = Gerson Lehrman Group
 | date=2009-04-13
 | accessdate=2010-06-14}}
</ref>

Over the all development period a total of 2,086&nbsp;well clusters (containing more than 17,000&nbsp;wells) have been built and about 2.6&nbsp;billion tons of oil has been produced.<ref name=oilvoice220809/><ref name="tnk-bp"/>  The [[peak oil|peak production]] occurred in 1980 when Samotlor produced 158.9&nbsp;million tons of oil ({{convert|7|Moilbbl/d|disp=or|abbr=on}}).<ref name="tnk-bp"/>  The production has been in decline ever since, although according to TNK-BP  the field production has stabilized over the past last years after.<ref name=oilvoice220809>
{{Cite news
 | url= http://www.oilvoice.com/n/TNKBPs_Samotlor_Field_Declared_the_Worlds_Sixth_Biggest/4b2f3ae45.aspx
 | title= TNK-BP's Samotlor Field Declared the World's Sixth Biggest
 | work= OilVoice
 | date=2009-08-22
 | accessdate=2010-06-14}}
</ref>

==Reserves==
The in-place oil reserves of the Samotlor field were equal to {{convert|55|Goilbbl}} and as of 2009 estimated at {{convert|1|Goilbbl}}. The proven reserves are approximately {{convert|44|Goilbbl}}.<ref name=eurasia>
{{Cite news
 | url= http://www.oilandgaseurasia.com/news/p/0/news/4468
 | title= TNK-BP to Invest $1 bln in Samatolor Field
 | newspaper = Oil & Gas Eurasia; [[TNK-BP]]
 | publisher = Eurasia Press, Inc.
 | date=2001-05-28
 | accessdate=2010-06-14}}
</ref> The field is 80% depleted with water-cut up to 90%.<ref name=oilvoice220809/> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldoil.com/news/2017/12/19/rosneft-board-agrees-on-samotlor-development-program|title=Rosneft board agrees on Samotlor development program|date=19 December 2017 }}</ref>

At the end of the 1990s, production rate dropped to {{convert|300000|oilbbl/d}}.<ref name=lex280501>
{{Cite news
 |url         = http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/company/cnr12732.htm
 |title       = TNK to revive Samotlor oil field
 |work        = The PMA Online Power Report
 |publisher   = Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections
 |date        = 2001-05-28
 |accessdate  = 2010-06-14
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090918031306/http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/company/cnr12732.htm
 |archivedate = 18 September 2009
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref> However, through an aggressive exploration program and application of cutting-edge technologies TNK-BP had raised production up to {{convert|750000|oilbbl/d}}.<ref name=oilvoice220809/> Up to 2012, TNK-BP plans to invest US$1&nbsp;billion per year for maintaining oil production in it at the level of 30&nbsp;million tons per year.<ref name=eurasia/>

==In media==

The oil processing plant in [[Nizhnevartovsk]] is the scene of (but referred to by location rather than directly by name) the beginning of [[Tom Clancy|Tom Clancy's]] 1986 novel ''[[Red Storm Rising]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-red-storm-rising/chapanal001.html|title = Red Storm Rising Summary}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
*Kramer, Andrew E. "Mapmakers and Mythmakers: Russian Disinformation Practices Obscure Even Today's Oil Fields," ''New York Times'' (1 December 2005): C1.

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