Patos-Marinza Oil Field

Patos Marinza
Country	Albania
Region	Fier County
Location	Patos
Offshore/onshore	Onshore
Coordinates	Coordinates: 40°44′N 19°39′E / 40.733°N 19.650°E / 40.733; 19.650
Operator	Bankers Petroleum (100%)
Field history
Discovery	1928
Start of production	2004
Production
Current production of oil	11.894 barrels per day (~592.7 t/a)
Estimated oil in place	2 million barrels (~2.7×10^5 t)

Patos Marinza is an Albanian oil field that was discovered in 1928. It is the biggest on-shore oil field in Europe, and with its 11,854 barrels (1,884.6 m³) every day the biggest oil producing field in Albania. The Patos Marinza oil field is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of the city of Fier in south central Albania. Its proven reserves are about 2 billion barrels (320×10^⁶ m³). Patos Marinzas has only heavy oil and is in production since the 1930s.

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