Zapatos Oil Field (Venezuela)

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Zapatos Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Zapatos Operating[1] PDVSA[2] 1955[3]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Zapatos Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil EUR 233 million bbl 2000 [3]
oil oil in place 1445 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil EUR 301 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil remaining recoverable reserves 43 million bbl 2021 [1]

Table 3: Production from Zapatos 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 180 million bbl 1987 [3]
cumulative production oil 258 million bbl 2021 [1]
production oil 0.75 million bbl/y 2014 [4]

Location

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

Basin Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Maturin Onshore, Venezuela[5] 9.2776, -64.1089 (exact)[5]

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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. "PROPUESTA de REESTRUCTURACIÓN PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA S.A." (PDF). El Pitazo. March 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 16, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tomoaki Sumii (2000). "Explanatory Notes for the Energy-Resources Map of the Circum-Pacific Region, Pacific Basin Sheet" (PDF). USGS. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  4. "Petróleo y Otros Datos Estadísticos (PODE) 2014" (PDF). 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 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.