El Carito Oil Field (Venezuela)

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El Carito Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for El Carito Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
El Carito Operating[1] PDVSA[2] 1988[2]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of El Carito Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil 1P reserves 238 million bbl 2015 [2]
oil oil in place 1170 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil EUR 187 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil proven reserves 113 million bbl 2016 [3]

Table 3: Production from El Carito 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 423 million bbl 2021 [1]
production oil 18.61 million bbl/y 2015 [2]
production oil 13.87 million bbl/y 2016 [3]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for El Carito Oil Field

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

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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 "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.