Boquerón Oil Field (Venezuela)

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Boquerón Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Boquerón	operating^[1]	Boquerón^[2]	OMV AG [13%]; Petróleos de Venezuela SA [60%]; Roszarubezhneft [26%]^[2]^[2]^[2]	1989^[3]	–	–	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Boquerón Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	1P reserves	199.0	million bbl	2015	^[3]
oil	proven reserves	198.0	million bbl	2016	^[4]
oil	remaining recoverable reserves	28.0	million bbl	2021	^[1]
oil	oil in place	486.0	million bbl	2021	^[1]
oil	EUR	101.0	million bbl	2021	^[1]

Table 3: Production from Boquerón 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	73.0	million bbl	2021	^[1]
production	oil	1.82	million bbl/y	2015	^[3]
production	oil	1.46	million bbl/y	2016	^[4]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Boquerón Oil Field


Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
onshore, Venezuela^[3]	onshore^[5]	9.414, -63.021 (approximate)^[3]

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 (PDF) https://eprinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/The-Future-of-Venezuela%E2%80%99s-Oil-Industry.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240408214014/https://www.bakerinstitute.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/import/fdi-monaldi-venezuela_uSQ8FHh.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 08 April 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
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