List of oil and gas fields of the Baltic Sea explained

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 fieldGermanyOil + gas19782.5 million tonnesTwo concrete gravity platforms A & B 54°35'10"N 10°05'34"E54°33'41"N 09°58'48"E1984Demolished 2003
B3 oil fieldPolandOil + gas198111 million barrels oil

168 million m3 gas

Converted jack-up, oil by tanker, gas pipeine55°28''N 18°10'E1992Production
B4PolandGas19811,972 million m32025-27Design
B6PolandGas19811,793 million m3 2025Design
B8 oil fieldPolandOil + gas19833.5 million tonnes oil

432 million m3 gas

Converted jack-up, oil to B3, gas to CHP plant55°24.0’N 18°43.3’E2006Production
B21 gas fieldPolandGas2013261.23 million m355.168°N17.6758°E
ŁebaPolandExploration
GotlandiaPolandExploration
RozewiePolandExploration
D2Kaliningrad (Russia)Oil2030?Appraisal
Kaliningrad (Russia)Oil19839.1 million tonnesOil pipeline to shore55°20'N 20°34'E2004Production
D29Kaliningrad (Russia)Oil20152.126 million tonnes2030?Appraisal
D33Kaliningrad (Russia)Oil201521.2 million tonnesFixed platform2025?Construction
D41Kaliningrad (Russia)Oil20152.003 million tonnesDrilled from onshore2019Production
E6LatviaOil19842-3 million tonnes
E7LatviaOil

Challenges

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]

Notes and References

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