Samotlor Field
| Samotlor field | |
|---|---|
Well sites made of sand, aerial photography, August 2018. | |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast |
| Location | Lake Samotlor, Nizhnevartovsk district, |
| Offshore/onshore | onshore |
| Coordinates | 61°7′N 76°45′E / 61.117°N 76.750°E |
| Operator | Samotlorneftegaz |
| Partner | Rosneft |
| Field history | |
| Discovery | 1965 |
| Start of development | 1967 |
| Start of production | 1969 |
| Peak year | 1980 |
| Production | |
| Current production of oil | 332,782 barrels per day (~1.658×107 t/a) |
| Year of current production of oil | 2013 |
| Estimated oil in place | 4,000 million barrels (~5.5×108 t) |
| Producing formations | Cretaceous ages |
Samotlor Field is the largest oil field of Russia and the sixth largest in the world, owned and operated by Rosneft. The field is located at Lake Samotlor in Nizhnevartovsk district, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast. It covers 1,752 square kilometres (676 sq mi).