Barenburg (oil field)
The Barenburg oil field is located near the village of Barenburg in Lower Saxony. The field, which was found in 1953 through reflection seismic exploration, is still in production today. It was developed by the BEB and is now being exploited by the German Esso on behalf of the BEB.
The oil field
The oil field is divided into two reservoirs: On the one hand, the main reservoir in Obervalangin and, on the other hand, a secondary reservoir in Obermalm.
The main deposit in a sandstone layer with a thickness of up to 45 m is located above a 200 to 300 m high claystone sequence that separates the two deposits. The upper deposit is at a depth of 630 to 740 m.
The secondary deposit consists for the most part of various limestones. The oil is extracted from almost 60 production wells. Water is injected through secondary boreholes in order to maintain positive pressure in the reservoir.
In 1979 the total oil content of the field was given as 16.7 million tons. Both deposits are completely independent of each other. The upper deposit already had a small gas cap before it was developed; in 1979 this deposit supplied around 97% of the total amount of oil from the Barenburg field.
The oil extracted is processed on site and sent by tank car to the Emsland oil refinery , where it is processed.
advancement
The extraction of the Barenburg oil field:
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By 1979 the field produced a cumulative 3,795,452 t of crude oil. By 2011, the entire field 6,952,846 t had been extracted from currently 29 active production wells.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article in Steine und Erden (magazine) Die Industrie der Steine + Erden, issue 6/03: SHE day in Voigtei: three anniversaries with 1,600 guests. In: steine-und-erden.net. Retrieved February 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Werklok der Förderbetriebe Portrait Deutz 46390. In: deutsche-kleinloks.de. Retrieved February 4, 2017 .
- ^ School and Law in Lower Saxony (School Law). In : recht-niedersachsen.de. Retrieved February 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Info brochure (PDF)
- ↑ OIL INDUSTRY: All too watery . In: Der Spiegel . No. 26 , 1986 ( online ).
- ↑ Annual reports of the LBEG. LBEG, accessed on November 20, 2018 (LBEG annual reports).
- ↑ Information on delivery rates ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)
- ↑ Data 2011 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)
literature
- Heinz Boigk: Petroleum and petroleum gas in the Federal Republic of Germany . Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-432-91271-4 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 38 ′ 19.8 " N , 8 ° 47 ′ 16.1" E