New Opportunities for Oil and Gas Exploration in Poland—A Review

Krystian Wójcik, Jarosław Zacharski, Marcin Łojek, Sara Wróblewska, Hubert Kiersnowski, Krzysztof Waśkiewicz, Adam Wójcicki, Rafał Laskowicz, Katarzyna Sobień, Tadeusz Peryt, Agnieszka Chylińska-Macios and Jagoda Sienkiewicz
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Krystian Wójcik: Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, 4 Rakowiecka St., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland
Jarosław Zacharski: Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, 4 Rakowiecka St., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland
Marcin Łojek: Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, 4 Rakowiecka St., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland
Sara Wróblewska: Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, 4 Rakowiecka St., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland
Hubert Kiersnowski: Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, 4 Rakowiecka St., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland
Krzysztof Waśkiewicz: Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, 4 Rakowiecka St., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland
Adam Wójcicki: Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, 4 Rakowiecka St., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland
Rafał Laskowicz: Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, 4 Rakowiecka St., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland
Katarzyna Sobień: Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, 4 Rakowiecka St., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland
Tadeusz Peryt: Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, 4 Rakowiecka St., 00-975 Warsaw, Poland
Agnieszka Chylińska-Macios: Department of Geology and Licensing, Ministry of Climate and Environment, 52/54 Wawelska St., 00-922 Warsaw, Poland
Jagoda Sienkiewicz: Department of Geology and Licensing, Ministry of Climate and Environment, 52/54 Wawelska St., 00-922 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-25

Abstract: Reserves totaling ~142 BCM (5 TCF) of natural gas trapped in 306 fields and ~22 MTOE (~157 MMBOE) of crude oil in 87 fields have been discovered. The prospection, exploration, and production of hydrocarbons are licensed: an entity interested in these kinds of activities needs to have concession, which is granted by the Polish Ministry of Climate and Environment for 10 to 30 years according to one of two independent ways—international tender or open door procedure. In this review, the most prospective areas for oil and gas exploration in Poland, selected by the Polish Geological Survey, and announced as dedicated for the next 6th tender round, planned in the second half of 2022, are described. These are: Block 413–414, Block 208, Cybinka–Torzym, Zielona Góra West, and Koło areas. The main exploration target of these tender areas is related to conventional and unconventional accumulations of gas and oil in the Carpathian basement, Carpathian Foredeep, and Outer Carpathians (Block 413–414), as well as in the Carboniferous, Permian Rotliegend, Zechstein Main Dolomite (Block 208, Cybinka–Torzym, Zielona Góra West), and in the Mesozoic of the Polish Lowlands (Koło). The second way of granting concession in Poland is the so-called open door procedure, in which an entity may apply for a concession for any other area selected on its own.

Keywords: oil and gas exploration opportunities; prospective areas; concession policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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