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List of oil and gas fields of the Baltic Sea

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Over 700 wells have been drilled in the Baltic Sea and about 40 significant accumulations of crude oil and natural gas have been discovered.[1] This is an incomplete listing of some of these offshore fields.

Oil and gas fields of the Baltic Sea[2][3][4][5][6]
Field name Country Type Discovered Reserves Infrastructure Co-ordinates Start up Status
Schwedeneck-See oil field Germany Oil + gas 1978 2.5 million tonnes Two concrete gravity platforms A & B 54°35'10"N 10°05'34"E

54°33'41"N 09°58'48"E

1984 Demolished 2003
B3 oil field Poland Oil + gas 1981 11 million barrels oil

168 million m3 gas

Converted jack-up, oil by tanker, gas pipeine 55°28''N 18°10'E 1992 Production
B4 Poland Gas 1981 1,972 million m3 2025-27 Design
B6 Poland Gas 1981 1,793 million m3 2025 Design
B8 oil field Poland Oil + gas 1983 3.5 million tonnes oil

432 million m3 gas

Converted jack-up, oil to B3, gas to CHP plant 55°24.0’N 18°43.3’E 2006 Production
B21 gas field Poland Gas 2013 261.23 million m3 55.168°N

17.6758°E

Łeba Poland Exploration
Gotlandia Poland Exploration
Rozewie Poland Exploration
D2 Kaliningrad (Russia) Oil 2030? Appraisal
D6 Kravtsovskoye oilfield Kaliningrad (Russia) Oil 1983 9.1 million tonnes Oil pipeline to shore 55°20'N 20°34'E 2004 Production
D29 Kaliningrad (Russia) Oil 2015 2.126 million tonnes 2030? Appraisal
D33 Kaliningrad (Russia) Oil 2015 21.2 million tonnes Fixed platform 2025? Construction
D41 Kaliningrad (Russia) Oil 2015 2.003 million tonnes Drilled from onshore 2019 Production
E6 Latvia Oil 1984 2-3 million tonnes
E7 Latvia Oil

Challenges

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A particular feature of the Baltic Sea that affects the development of offshore oil and gas facilities are the large number of munitions and chemical weapons in some areas of the seabed. It is estimated that 80,000 mines plus other German high explosives were dumped in the Baltic after the war. There are also 300,000 tonnes of chemical weapons including arsenic compounds and mustard gas.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Paleozoic Hydrocarbon System in the Gotland Basin (Central Baltic Sea) Leaks". Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Final Report on Prospective Sites for the Geological Storage of CO2 in the Southern Baltic Sea" (PDF). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Kaliningrad region: Main directions and priorities of oil and gas complex development". 16 October 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Baltic Gas Project, Southern Baltic Sea". Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  5. ^ "The Baltic Sea: Europe's Forgotten $80 Billion Oil Play?". Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Global Energy Monitor B21 gas field (Poland)". Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  7. ^ Mihkel Veiderma (2005) ‘Natural gas in the Baltic region' given at the  Assembly of the Baltic States, 26 November 2005
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