Gulf of Suez oil fields
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The Gulf of Suez oil fields are a major hydrocarbon-producing region in the northern Red Sea, crucial to Egypt’s petroleum industry and energy exports.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gulf of Suez oil fields canonical | 1 |
| Gulf of Suez petroleum system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2292460 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gulf of Suez oil fields Context triple: [Suez, nearbyGeographicFeature, Gulf of Suez oil fields]
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A.
Safaniya oil field
Safaniya oil field is the world’s largest offshore oil field, located in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia and operated by Saudi Aramco.
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B.
Shaybah oil field
Shaybah oil field is a major remote oil-producing field in Saudi Arabia’s Rub’ al Khali desert, known for its vast reserves and strategic importance to the country’s petroleum output.
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C.
Khurais oil field
Khurais oil field is one of Saudi Arabia’s largest onshore oil fields, playing a major role in the country’s crude oil production capacity.
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D.
Ghawar oil field
Ghawar oil field is the world’s largest conventional oil field, located in Saudi Arabia and a major source of the country’s crude oil production.
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E.
Naharkatiya oil field
Naharkatiya oil field is one of the earliest and most significant onshore oil fields in Assam, India, contributing notably to the region’s petroleum industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gulf of Suez oil fields Target entity description: The Gulf of Suez oil fields are a major hydrocarbon-producing region in the northern Red Sea, crucial to Egypt’s petroleum industry and energy exports.
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A.
Safaniya oil field
Safaniya oil field is the world’s largest offshore oil field, located in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia and operated by Saudi Aramco.
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B.
Shaybah oil field
Shaybah oil field is a major remote oil-producing field in Saudi Arabia’s Rub’ al Khali desert, known for its vast reserves and strategic importance to the country’s petroleum output.
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C.
Khurais oil field
Khurais oil field is one of Saudi Arabia’s largest onshore oil fields, playing a major role in the country’s crude oil production capacity.
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D.
Ghawar oil field
Ghawar oil field is the world’s largest conventional oil field, located in Saudi Arabia and a major source of the country’s crude oil production.
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E.
Parentis oil field
Parentis oil field is a major onshore oil field in southwestern France, known as one of the most significant hydrocarbon deposits in the Aquitaine region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hydrocarbon province
ⓘ
oil field region ⓘ |
| basinType | rift basin ⓘ |
| containsField |
Zeit Bay oil field
ⓘ
surface form:
Belayim oil field
Morgan oil field ⓘ
surface form:
El Morgan oil field
July oil field ⓘ Morgan oil field ⓘ Ras Gharib oil field ⓘ Ras Shukeir oil field ⓘ Zeit Bay oil field ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
Egypt’s government revenues
ⓘ
Egypt’s oil exports ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| development |
offshore platforms
ⓘ
onshore facilities along Gulf of Suez coast ⓘ |
| environmentalConcern | risk of offshore oil spills ⓘ |
| explorationMethod | seismic surveys ⓘ |
| exportRoute |
Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route
ⓘ
surface form:
Red Sea shipping lanes
Suez Canal vicinity ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Cenozoic
ⓘ
Mesozoic Era ⓘ
surface form:
Mesozoic
|
| hydrocarbonSystem |
Gulf of Suez oil fields
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Gulf of Suez petroleum system
|
| hydrocarbonType |
light crude oil
ⓘ
medium crude oil ⓘ |
| infrastructure |
export terminals on the Red Sea coast
ⓘ
pipelines to onshore terminals ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Egypt
ⓘ
Gulf of Suez ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ
surface form:
northern Red Sea
|
| nearbyCity |
Hurghada
ⓘ
Ras Gharib ⓘ Suez ⓘ |
| operator |
Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation
ⓘ
Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company ⓘ foreign joint-venture companies ⓘ |
| partOf | Egyptian petroleum sector ⓘ |
| productionMethod |
enhanced oil recovery techniques
ⓘ
offshore drilling ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| regionalContext | part of Red Sea rift system ⓘ |
| resource |
crude oil
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ |
| significance |
crucial to Egypt’s petroleum industry
ⓘ
important for Egypt’s energy exports ⓘ major hydrocarbon-producing region for Egypt ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | key source of energy security for Egypt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gulf of Suez oil fields Description of subject: The Gulf of Suez oil fields are a major hydrocarbon-producing region in the northern Red Sea, crucial to Egypt’s petroleum industry and energy exports.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gulf of Suez petroleum system