Pañacocha Oil and Gas Field (Ecuador)

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Pañacocha Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Ecuador.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Pañacocha Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type²
Pañacocha	Operating^[1]	EP Petroecuador^[1]	EP Petroecuador (100.0%)^[2]	1972^[3]	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Pañacocha Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	proved reserves	146	million bbl	1994	^[4]

Table 3: Production from Pañacocha Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	associated gas	14.93	million m³/y	2019	^[5]
production	oil	2.33	million bbl/y	2019	^[5]
production	oil	1.24	million bbl/y	2022	^[1]
production	oil	1.27	million bbl/y	2021	^[6]
production	associated gas	8.76	million m³/y	2021	^[6]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Pañacocha Oil and Gas Field


Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
B12 - EDEN YUTURI^[7]	Onshore, Ecuador^[8]	Onshore^[9]	-0.4489, -76.0627 (exact)^[8]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 EP Petroecuador (44927). "Informe Estadístico Enero - Diciembre 2022 Petroecuador EP" (PDF). EP Petroecuador. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Lisa Viscidi (2021). "Amazon Energy and Mining Database". The Dialogue. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20231011210725/https://www.recursosyenergia.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Perforacion-de-pozos_compressed.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Banco Central del Ecuador (1994). "Banco Central del Ecuador - Consideraciones sobre el futuro petrolero del Ecuador" (PDF). Banco Central del Ecuador. Archived (PDF) from the original on Oct 24, 2023. Retrieved Dec 1994. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "Estadística De Hidrocarburos De Crudo Y Derivados" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Recursos Naturales No Renovables. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Ministerio de Energía y Mina; Viceministerio de Hidrocarburos; Dirección de Análisis de Información Estratégica de Hidrocarburos (2021). "Estadística Hidrocarburos 2021 Ministerio de Energía y Minas" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Minas. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "El Petroleo en Cifras 2019" (PDF). Asociación de la Industria Hidrocaburífera del Ecuador. March 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230421163200/https://www.mdpi.com/environments/environments-08-00139/article_deploy/html/images/environments-08-00139-g001.png. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[IEPEC2022-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 EP Petroecuador (44927). "Informe Estadístico Enero - Diciembre 2022 Petroecuador EP" (PDF). EP Petroecuador. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[AEMD2021-2] Lisa Viscidi (2021). "Amazon Energy and Mining Database". The Dialogue. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 11, 2021.

[autoref_0-3] (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20231011210725/https://www.recursosyenergia.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Perforacion-de-pozos_compressed.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[Nota09BanCentral-4] Banco Central del Ecuador (1994). "Banco Central del Ecuador - Consideraciones sobre el futuro petrolero del Ecuador" (PDF). Banco Central del Ecuador. Archived (PDF) from the original on Oct 24, 2023. Retrieved Dec 1994. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

[EHCD2019-5] 5.0 ^5.1 "Estadística De Hidrocarburos De Crudo Y Derivados" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Recursos Naturales No Renovables. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.

[EHCD2021-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Ministerio de Energía y Mina; Viceministerio de Hidrocarburos; Dirección de Análisis de Información Estratégica de Hidrocarburos (2021). "Estadística Hidrocarburos 2021 Ministerio de Energía y Minas" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Minas. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[CIFRASPGE_2020-7] "El Petroleo en Cifras 2019" (PDF). Asociación de la Industria Hidrocaburífera del Ecuador. March 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

[autoref_1-8] 8.0 ^8.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20230421163200/https://www.mdpi.com/environments/environments-08-00139/article_deploy/html/images/environments-08-00139-g001.png. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[NELand2023-9] Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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