Barúa Oil Field (Venezuela)

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Barúa Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Along with Bachaquero Oil Field (Venezuela), Lagunillas Oil Field (Venezuela), Tía Juana Oil Field (Venezuela), and Ambrosio Oil and Gas Field (Venezuela), Barúa is a part of the Bolivar Coastal Fields complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Barúa Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Barúa Operating[1] 1958[1]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Barúa Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil oil in place 1869 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil EUR 427 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil remaining recoverable reserves 232 million bbl 2021 [1]

Table 3: Production from Barúa Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
cumulative production oil 195 million bbl 2021 [1]
production oil 3.81 million bbl/y 2014 [2]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Barúa Oil Field

Basin Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Maracaibo Onshore, Venezuela[3] 9.8108, -70.9369 (exact)[3]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Bolivar Coastal Fields complex:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Rafael Sandrea, Martin Essenfeld (2021). "The Future of Venezuela's Oil Industry" (PDF). Eprinc. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  2. "Petróleo y Otros Datos Estadísticos (PODE) 2014" (PDF). 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Raymond W. Fary Jr. (1980). "Oil and gas fields in Venezuela" (PDF). USGS. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.