Emlichheim (oil field)

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Horsehead pump at the Emlichheim 1 borehole

The Emlichheim oil field is an oil deposit near the municipality of Emlichheim in the county of Bentheim . The main part of the oil field is located in the directly adjacent Dutch town of Schoonebeek and despite the same formation is managed as a separate field due to the state border. The Schoonebeek oil field was interrupted and dismantled in 1996 due to unprofitable production, but it has been in production again since 2011 after being redeveloped. In 1943, the field was opened up with the successful Emlichheim 1 well . The fields Emlichheim West and Emlichheim Süd , which were developed in the meantime , were closed again in the sixties. The operator of the field is the BASF subsidiary Wintershall .

The oil field

The Emlichheim 1 production well was the first production well to find what it was looking for in Emlichheim. Drilling began on May 26, 1943 and was completed on November 4 of the same year. The field has been officially in operation since May 12, 1944. The crude oil is stored in the Bentheim sandstone at a depth of 800 meters

The steam flooding process has also been used in Emlichheim since 1968 .

In 2010, 90 production wells were active in the field. By using the steam flooding process, an attempt is made to keep the production constant at 150,000 tons per year. For this purpose, the oil stored in the layers is mobilized by means of steam.

After desalination and pretreatment, the extracted crude oil is transported to Osterwald by tank wagon. From there a pipeline runs to the refinery in Lingen-Holthausen .

Just in time for the 700th anniversary of the Emlichheim community, the 10 millionth tonne of crude oil was also extracted from the Emlichheim field.

advancement

year Promotion
in tons
1945 5.141
1950 153,707
1955 157.040
1960 128,500
1965 129,130
1970 182,770
1975 155,100
2013 172.980
2014 165.951
year Promotion
in tons
2015 160,692
2016 153.317
2017 158,990
2018 146,593
2019 133,536

Swell:

Total funding

  • 1975: By the end of the year the field had produced a total of 4,326,669 tons of crude oil.
  • 2010: 10,000,000 tons

Subfields

Emlichheim-West

The Emlicheim-West subfield was found in 1957 and abandoned in 1966. During this period, 43,405 tons of crude oil were produced. The Emlichheim-West oil field was located in the Laar district of Eschebrugge.

Emlicheim-South

In 1959, the Emlichheim-Süd subfield was discovered, which was in production until 1968. 11,020 tons of oil were produced here. The Emlichheim Süd oil field was located in the Haselaar district of Emlichheim.

See also

Web links

Commons : Emlichheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Heinz Boigk: Petroleum and petroleum gas in the Federal Republic of Germany . Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-432-91271-4 .
  • Gotthard Fürer: Mining in Emsland and the Meppen Mining Authority. In: Jahrbuch 1970. Emsländischen Heimatbund, Lingent 1970, pp. 128–144.
  • Emsland Heimatbund: Emsland in the making, from handicraft to nuclear power . Sögel 1986, ISBN 3-88077-108-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wintershall in Emlichheim.
  2. ↑ Spiegel article from the early years
  3. ↑ Information about the company
  4. ↑ 10 million tons mined
  5. ↑ a b Petroleum and petroleum gas in the Federal Republic of Germany pp. 316–323
  6. ↑ https://www.bveg.de/Der-BVEG/Publikationen/ Jahresberichte Annual reports of the BVEG
  7. ^ Petroleum and petroleum gas in the Federal Republic of Germany, p. 155
  8. ↑ https://www.wintershall.de/presse-news/oel-gas-in-den-medien/detail/seit-70-jahren-nicken-die-oelpumpen.html Wintershall website on the Em.-West oil fields and Em.-Süd


Coordinates: 52 ° 38 ′ 41.8 "  N , 6 ° 52 ′ 29.8"  E