Dolynske oil field
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The Dolynske oil field is a Ukrainian oil field that was discovered in 1959. It began production in 1960 and produces oil. The total proven reserves of the Dolynske oil field are around 272 million barrels (43,200,000 m3), and production is centered on 2,000 barrels per day (320 m3/d).[1]
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Dolynske | |
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Country | Ukraine |
Region | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast |
Offshore/onshore | onshore |
Operator | Ukrnafta |
Field history | |
Discovery | 1959 |
Start of development | 1959 |
Start of production | 1960 |
Production | |
Estimated oil in place | 38.6 million tonnes (~ 43.2×10 |
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In the 1960s it was the oil field that produced the largest amount of oil of the whole Soviet Union.[2] (Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union from 1920 till Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991.[3]) It is the most powerful oil field of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region).[2]