Gulf of Suez oil fields

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hydrocarbon province oil field region

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Gulf of Suez petroleum province	4
Gulf of Suez oil fields canonical	2
Gulf of Suez oil province	2
Gulf of Suez petroleum basin	2
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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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	Belayim oil field ⓘ linked to: Zeit Bay oil field El Morgan oil field ⓘ linked to: 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 shipping lanes ⓘ linked to: Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route Suez Canal vicinity ⓘ
geologicalAge	Cenozoic ⓘ Mesozoic ⓘ linked to: Mesozoic Era
hydrocarbonSystem	Gulf of Suez petroleum system ⓘ linked to: Gulf of Suez oil fields
hydrocarbonType	light crude oil ⓘ medium crude oil ⓘ
infrastructure	export terminals on the Red Sea coast ⓘ pipelines to onshore terminals ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ Gulf of Suez ⓘ northern Red Sea ⓘ linked to: 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 ⓘ

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