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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Boquerón Operating[1] Boquerón, S.A.[2] PDVSA (60.0%); Boqueron Holdings (26.67%); PEI (13.33%)[2] 1989[2]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Boquerón Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil 1P reserves 199 million bbl 2015 [2]
oil oil in place 486 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil EUR 101 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil remaining recoverable reserves 28 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil proven reserves 198 million bbl 2016 [3]

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 million bbl 2021 [1]
production oil 1.82 million bbl/y 2015 [2]
production oil 1.46 million bbl/y 2016 [3]

Location

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

Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Onshore, Venezuela[2] 9.414, -63.021 (approximate)[2]

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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 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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "PETRÓLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A. EX-99.T3". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. October 1, 2016. Archived from the original on March 31, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 PDVSA (2016). "Informe de Gestion Anual 2016" (PDF). PDVSA. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.