page_title: Delta Field (Niger Delta)
section_title: Drilling
hierarchical_section_title: Delta Field (Niger Delta) / Drilling
caption_attribution_description: English: Location of the major faults and well locations within the Delta Field
context_page_description: The Delta Field is located offshore from Nigeria on Oil Mining Leases 49 and 95. This is located within the Niger Delta Basin and sits in 12 feet of water. In 1965, the Delta 1 well was completed and the Delta Field opened in 1968 for production.
  The Niger Delta is a wave-dominated delta located on the continental margin of the Gulf of Guinea that formed in the Paleogene. The delta is fed with sediment from the Niger River, which has the ninth largest drainage area in the world and the third largest in Africa at 2.23 million km². The delta is 75,000 km² in size and reaches a maximum thickness of 12 km in the center of the basin. The Niger Delta is one of the world’s major hydrocarbon provinces; specifically, it ranks 12th in terms of known accumulation of hydrocarbons with reserves exceeding 34 billion barrels of oil and 93 trillion cubic feet of gas. Oil and gas is predominantly extracted from the Agbada Formation and is targeted from structural traps there.
  The Delta Field produces from the only identified petroleum system in the Niger Delta region, the Tertiary Niger Delta Petroleum System.
context_section_description: As of 2013, 37 wells (14 vertical and 23 deviated) have been drilled in the Delta Field, most of which are drilled to the base of the Agbada formation.  12 of the wells are in the eastern fault block with the other 25 being located in the western fault block.   All of the wells have targeted the middle Agbada formation, where the structural prospect was found.  Prior to 2000, 53 distinct reservoirs had been discovered in the Delta Field.
caption: Location of the major faults and well locations within the Delta Field (Modified after Owoyemi and Willis, 2006).
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