Arenque Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico)

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Arenque Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Federal Offshore, Mexico.

Along with Atún Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), Bagre Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), Carpa Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), and Mejillon Oil and Gas Field (Mexico), Arenque is a part of the Arenque complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Arenque Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Arenque	Operating	PEMEX	–	1966	–	1970

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Arenque Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
condensate	2P reserves	0	million bbl	2020
condensate	2P reserves	0	million bbl	2023
crude oil	2P reserves	37.75	million bbl	2023
gas	2P reserves	3241.6	million m³	2020
gas	2P reserves	3260.37	million m³	2023
oil	2P reserves	38.95	million bbl	2020

Table 3: Production from Arenque Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
cumulative production	associated gas	12514.4	million m³	2020
cumulative production	condensate	0	million bbl	2020
cumulative production	nonassociated gas	0	million m³	2020
cumulative production	oil	153.88	million bbl	2020
production	associated gas	176.14	million m³/y	2020
production	condensate	0	million bbl/y	2020
production	nonassociated gas	0	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	1.35	million bbl/y	2020

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Arenque Oil and Gas Field

Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tampico-Misantla	Federal Offshore, Mexico	22.2437, -97.5247 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Arenque complex:

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