Lacq gas field

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The Lacq gas field is a major natural gas deposit in southwestern France that played a key role in the country’s postwar energy development and petrochemical industry.

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Lacq gas field canonical 1
Lacq gas processing plant 1

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instanceOf natural gas field
connectedTo pipeline network to French industrial centers
contains carbon dioxide
hydrogen sulfide
country France
currentUse site for industrial and research activities
developedBy French state-backed oil and gas sector
developmentPeriod 1950s–1970s
discovered 1951
discoveredBy SNPA
employmentImpact created thousands of jobs in the Lacq region
endOfCommercialGasProduction 2013
environmentalIssue air emissions from sulfur recovery
estimatedOriginalGasInPlace approximately 250 billion cubic metres
estimatedRecoverableReserves over 150 billion cubic metres
formerOperator Elf Aquitaine
SNPA
gasType sour gas
geologicalBasin Aquitaine Basin
historicalSignificance one of the first large-scale sour gas developments in Europe
impact enabled creation of a major sulfur industry in France
supported growth of regional chemical complexes
importance key asset in the early development of French natural gas industry
infrastructureBuiltForField gas treatment plants
long-distance gas pipelines
sulfur recovery units
locatedIn Pyrénées-Atlantiques
southwestern France
locatedNear Lacq
nearbyIndustrialSite Lacq industrial platform
operator TotalEnergies
ownedBy TotalEnergies
peakProductionYear 1969
processingFacility Lacq gas field self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lacq gas processing plant
producedResource condensate
natural gas
sulfur
productionDecline from late 1970s onward
region Aquitaine Basin
roleInEconomy major contributor to French postwar energy supply
roleInIndustry catalyst for development of French petrochemical industry
startOfProduction 1957
strategicRole reduced French dependence on imported energy in the postwar period
sulfurRecoveryProcess Claus process
suppliedRegion national French gas grid
southwestern France

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Aquitaine Basin contains Lacq gas field
Lacq gas field processingFacility Lacq gas field self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lacq gas processing plant