Oil megaprojects (2011)

Following is a list of Oil megaprojects in the year 2011, projects that propose to bring more than 20000 oilbbl/d of new liquid fuel capacity to market with the first production of fuel. This is part of the Wikipedia summary of Oil Megaprojects.

Detailed list of projects for 2011


Terminology
 * Year Startup: year of first oil. put specific date if available.
 * Operator: company undertaking the project.
 * Area: onshore (LAND), offshore (OFF), offshore deep water (ODW), tar sands (TAR).
 * Type: liquid category (i.e. Natural Gas Liquids, Natural gas condensate, Crude oil)
 * Grade: oil quality (light, medium, heavy, sour) or API gravity
 * 2P resvs: 2P (proven + probable) oil reserves in giga barrels (Gb).
 * GOR: The ratio of produced gas to produced oil, commonly abbreviated GOR.
 * Peak year: year of the production plateau/peak.
 * Peak: maximum production expected (thousand barrels/day).
 * Discovery: year of discovery.
 * Capital investment: expected capital cost; FID (Final Investment Decision) - If no FID, then normally no project development contracts can be awarded. For many projects, a FEED stage (Front End Engineering Design) precedes the FID.
 * Notes: comments about the project (footnotes).
 * Ref: list of sources.