This page summarizes projects that brought more than 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m3 /d) of new liquid fuel capacity to market with the first production of fuel beginning in 2003. This is part of the Wikipedia summary of Oil Megaprojects —see that page for further details. 2003 saw 30 projects come on stream with an aggregate capacity of 2.499 million barrels per day (397,300 m3 /d) when full production was reached (which may not have been in 2003).
Quick Links to Other Years [ edit ] Detailed Project Table for 2003 [ edit ] ^ "Algeria - Oil and Gas: Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction" . Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-12-11 . ^ "Burlington Resources Begins Oil Production from Algeria's MLN Field and Resumes Partial Production from Madden Field, Accessed 11/27/07" . Business Wire . July 7, 2003. ^ "BHP BILLITON PRODUCTION REPORT FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2004" (PDF) . ^ "The Ohanet Development Algeria, Accessed 12/9/07" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on July 3, 2005. ^ "Iran puts Balal oil field into operation, Alexeander's Gas & Oil Connections, Accessed 12/9/07" . Archived from the original on 2004-10-25. Retrieved 2007-12-11 . ^ a b "ENI Annual Report 2003" (PDF) .[permanent dead link ] ^ "Inauguration of the Darquain oil field in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Gulf Oil and Gas, Accessed 12/9/07" . ^ "West Seno, Makassar Strait Deepwater Development, Indonesia, Offshore Technology, Accessed 12/9/07" . ^ a b "Unocal Corporation Annual Report 2003" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-30. ^ "Total 2003 Annual Report, Accessed 12/9/07" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-16. ^ "Libya Reserves, Geology, NOC, Companies, EIA Country Analysis Brief, Accessed 12/9/07" . Archived from the original on 2007-12-01. ^ "Repsol Annual Report 2004, Accessed 12/11/07" (PDF) . ^ "Repsol Annual Report 2003, Accessed 12/11/07" (PDF) . ^ |format=PDF"Prosafe Says the Abo FPSO Has Gone 1,000 Days without a LTI, Rigzone 11/11/05, Accessed 12/10/07" . ^ "On the Resource Control Battle: From Dichotomy to Quartonomy, From Isopatials to Isobat, Nigeria Exchange 2/19/03, Accessed 12/10/07" . ^ "ENI Annual Report 2003, Accessed 12/10/07" (PDF) .[permanent dead link ] ^ "Amenam-Kpono Oil and Gas Field, Nigeria, Offshore Technology, Accessed 11/26/07" . ^ "Haradh III: A Milestone for Smart Fields" . Archived from the original on 2007-12-30. ^ "Year in Review - 2003" . ^ "The Ghawar Oil Field, Saudi Arabia, Accessed 11/27/07" . ^ "Depletion Levels in Ghawar, Accessed 11/27/07" . ^ "Ghawar: The Anatomy of the World's Largest Oil Field, Accessed 11/27/07" . ^ "Xikomba Oil Field Deepwater Development, Angola, Accessed 11/27/07" . ^ a b c d e f g h "ExxonMobil Financial and Operating Review, 2003" (PDF) . ^ "Woollybutt oil on stream and tipped to barrel on, Australian Business Intelligence, 5/20/03, Accessed 11/27/07" . Australasian Business Intelligence . May 1, 2003. [dead link ] ^ "ENI Annual Report, 2003" (PDF) .[permanent dead link ] ^ "Shell (Enterprise) Bijupira Salema, Accessed 11/27/07" . Archived from the original on 2007-02-23. ^ "Petrobras Annual Report, 2003" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-01-09. ^ "Shell starts oil production from offshore Brazil" . ^ "Royal Dutch Petroleum Company Annual Report and Accounts 2003" . Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. ^ "Athabasca Oil Sands Project, Alberta, Canada, HydroCarbons Technology" . ^ "Shell outlines growth plans for the Athabasca Oil Sands Project" . 2004-09-21. ^ "Athabasca Oil Sands Project sets monthly production record" . 2004-09-02. ^ "Syncrude 21 Expansion Project, Alberta, Canada" . ^ "81.4 Million Barrels in 2001: Syncrude sets a new production record" . Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. ^ "The Mineral Industry of Chad" (PDF) . ^ "Oil Wealth Trickles Into Chad, but Little Trickles Down, Washington Post, Mar 13th, 2004" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. ^ "Chevron, Supplement to Annual Report for 2003" (PDF) . ^ "2003 Annual report" (PDF) . ^ "2004 Annual report" (PDF) . ^ "2005 Annual report" (PDF) . ^ "Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - China pushes domestic upstream development" . Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2007-12-24 . ^ "KAZAKHSTAN - EmbaMunaiGaz, Goliath Business Knowledge on Demand, August 2, 2004" . ^ "KAZAKHSTAN OIL AND GAS September 2003 Update, British Embassy/UK Trade and Investment, 2003" . Archived from the original (DOC) on 2005-12-21. Retrieved 2008-02-01 . ^ Phase I production was 100kbd and product post phase II was 200kbd, so 100kbd is credited to the megaproject. ^ "The Giant Karachaganak Field, Unlocking Its Potential, Oil Field Review, Autumn 1998" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-29. ^ "Karachaganak Petroleum Operating Page, Accessed Nov 24th, 2007" . ^ "PRESIDENT OF KAZAKHSTAN STARTS FIRST OIL FOR EXPORT FROM NEW PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN KARACHAGANAK, KPO Press Release, 8/1/2003" . Archived from the original on 2004-09-05. ^ "Lukoil annual report for 2005" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. ^ "PM-3 Commercial Arrangement Area" . ^ "Talisman begins production offshore Malaysia/Vietnam, Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections, 9/30/03" . Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-12-11 . ^ Harrison, Paul (October 2007). "Marine crude oil transport - 2006 analysis shows fall in voyage losses". Petroleum Review . 2007 (October). London: Energy Institute: 39–42. ^ "RBC energy conf, Sept 2003" . ^ Hart E&P article on Norway's heavy oil Grane Field, Accessed, 11/25/2007 , archived from the original on 2007-10-29, retrieved 2007-12-11 ^ Production record at the Grane oil field, Accessed, 11/25/2007 , archived from the original on 2008-05-14 ^ Grane Oil Pipeline, Accessed, 11/25/2007 [permanent dead link ] ^ a b Norsky Hydro 2003 Annual Report, Accessed 12/22/2007 , archived from the original on 2007-11-13, retrieved 2007-12-22 ^ "Salym Petroleum Development begins oil production at West Salym field a year ahead of schedule, Shell press release, 12/15/04" . Archived from the original on 2007-12-09. ^ "Salym blazes a trail, Neftegaz International, February 2006" . Archived from the original on 2007-03-22. ^ "Salym hits big time in Siberia, Upstreamonline, October 25, 2007" . ^ "Milestone achievements for Sibir Energy plc" . ^ "Salym Group of Fields, Accessed 12/22/07" . ^ "Western Siberia Sees Improvement in Drilling Efficiency, SPE Journal of Petroleum Technology, Feb 2007" . Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. ^ "Commerzbank Initiation of Coverage Report, Sibneft, Jun 28 2002" (PDF) .[permanent dead link ] ^ "Gazprom Annual Report, 2005" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-12. ^ "Unocal Annual Report, 2004" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-30. ^ Field Description - Gunnison, Rigzone, Accessed, 12/9/2007 , archived from the original on 2008-01-31, retrieved 2007-12-11 ^ "Lehman Energy and Power conf, Sep 2007" . ^ a b "2003 Annual report" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-13. Retrieved 2007-12-24 . ^ "2004 annual report" (PDF) . ^ BP America: Nakika, Accessed, 11/25/2007 , archived from the original on 2007-11-02 ^ "ExxonMobil Participates in Expanded Production from Gulf of Mexico Princess Field" . Business Wire . January 5, 2004. ^ "Vietnam approves ConocoPhilips oil field project, International Herald Tribune, 10/11/2007" . ^ ConocoPhillips 2003 Annual Report Archived November 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine