Seria Field

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Seria Field is the largest oil field in Northwest Borneo . It was discovered in 1929. The oil collects in sandstone layers from the Upper Miocene ( Messinian / Tortonian ) in the Seria Anticline , which extends along today's coastline. The oil field yielded more than 1 billion barrels of oil over 75 years . The Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) is the operating company of the oil production.

Exploitation of the field began with the discovery in 1926 when FF Marriot , the superintendent of the British Malay Petroleum Company , and TG Cochrane , general manager of Sarawak Oilfields Limited , smelled oil on an overland tour in the Kuala Belait area and commissioned a geophysical survey of the area .

Towards the end of World War II , the Japanese set fire to 14 of 21 springs before escaping. Australian workers tried to put out the fires.

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To date, more than 900 wells have been drilled in the Seria oil field and more than 350 are still producing today. Some known sources:

  • S-1 first test drilling, July 1928, production from April 1929.
  • S-2 from 1930. After two blowouts and sabotage during the war years, it developed a permanent, stable production.
  • S-5 , one of the oldest sources still mining.
  • S-328 , drilled in 1953, resulted in a direct blowout. With the force of a minor earthquake, it destroyed surrounding buildings and left a crater that filled with water.
  • S-454 was drilled in the middle of a residential area.
  • S-516 was drilled in 1956 and caused a violent blowout. A fountain of oil, gas and sand shot 30 m into the air and the spring had to be 'killed' with 90 t of earth and stuffing material.
  • S-558 was drilled across from Brunei Shell headquarters in 1964.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The discovery of the Seria Field. Brunei Shell Petroleum May 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ 14 Brunei oil wells ablaze. 1945-06-30 2015-01-21 Dundee Evening Telegraph, Angus , Scotland .

literature

  • Brunei Shell Petroleum: The Billionth Barrel Seria Oilfield 1988.
  • ST Sandal (ed.): The Geology and Hydrocarbon Resources of Negara Brunei Darussalam. 1996.
  • History of Oil and Gas Brunei Shell Petroleum Company.

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Coordinates: 4 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  N , 114 ° 19 ′ 2 ″  E