Country Report
France upstream summary
Report summary
A mature onshore producer - Large-scale upstream operations began in the 1940s. Activity remains focused on the Paris basin (central and northeast France) and Aquitaine basin (southwest France). The vast majority of fields have now been producing for several decades. Output has been in steady decline since the 1980s, when oil production peaked at about 65,000 b/d. Gas sales are currently minimal. The large Lacq gas field is still producing in the Aquitaine basin, albeit only minor volumes. ...
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Key facts
- Location maps
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Key companies
- Leading operators
- Other operators
- TotalEnergies
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Geology
- Introduction
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Paris basin
- Source
- Key reservoirs
- Seal
- Trap
- Minor plays
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Aquitaine basin
- Source
- Key reservoirs
- Seal
- Trap
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Other onshore basins
- Alsace (Rhine Graben) basin
- Jura basin
- Southeast basin
- Lorraine basin
- Offshore
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Exploration
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Licensing
- Overview
- Licensing restrictions (law No. 2017-1839)
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Drilling
- Drilling activity
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Recent onshore exploration
- Current status
- Recent trends
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Historical onshore exploration
- Aquitaine basin
- Paris basin
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Offshore exploration
- Overview
- Discovered volumes
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Unconventional exploration
- Current status
- Paris basin
- Other unconventional hydrocarbon activity
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Licensing
- Reserves and resources
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Production
- Liquids
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Gas
- Current and future production
- Historical production
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Infrastructure
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Oil infrastructure
- Current pipelines
- Previous pipelines
- Refineries and oil storage
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Gas infrastructure
- Key import pipelines
- Key export pipelines
- Key interconnector pipelines
- Key domestic pipelines
- LNG import terminals
- Underground gas storage (UGS)
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Oil infrastructure
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Policy and regulation
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Key legislation
- Mining Code (Code minier)
- Hydraulic fracturing moratorium (law No. 2011-835)
- Ban on award of new exploration licences and 2040 upstream cessation target (law No. 2017-1839)
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Regulatory body
- Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC)
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State oil company
- Historical background
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Licensing
- Production licences
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Key legislation
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Fiscal terms
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Overview
- Upstream
- Current fiscal terms
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Concessions
- State equity participation
- Bonuses, rental, and fees
- Royalty (redevance)
- Local levies - communal and departmental mine taxes (redevances communale et départementale des mines)
- Other production taxes
- Corporate income tax (CIT, impôt sur les sociétés)
- EU temporary solidarity contribution (2022)
- Temporary surtax (2011-16)
- Domestic market obligation (DMO)
- Contractor revenue entitlement
- Sample cash flow
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Overview
Tables and charts
This report includes 29 images and tables including:
- Liquids production by basin
- Gas production by basin
- Key facts: Table 1
- Country map
- Liquids and gas reserves
- Reserves and resources: Table 1
- Reserves and resources: Table 2
- Reserves and resources: Table 3
- Liquids and Gas Production 2023
- Reserves and contingent resources at 01/01/2024
- France - major geological basins
- France - Paris basin
- France - Aquitaine basin
- Production: Table 1
- Production: Table 2
- Liquids production by basin
- France - block awards
- France - licence map
- France - exploration drilling
- Production: Table 3
- Production: Table 4
- Gas production by basin
- Infrastructure: Table 1
- France - oil infrastructure
- Infrastructure: Table 2
- France - gas infrastructure
- Fiscal terms: Table 1
- Fiscal terms: Table 2
- Fiscal terms: Table 3
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