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
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Pañacocha operating[1] EP Petroecuador[1] EP Petroecuador [100%][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 146.0 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 associated gas 8.76 million m³/y 2021 ​[6]
production oil 1.27 million bbl/y 2021 ​[6]
production oil 1.24 million bbl/y 2022 ​[1]

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://www.eppetroecuador.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/05/INFORME-ESTADISTICO-DICIEMBRE-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230206053420/https://www.thedialogue.org/amazon-energy-and-mining-database/. Archived from the original on 06 February 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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)
  4. ↑ (PDF) https://contenido.bce.fin.ec/documentos/PublicacionesNotas/Catalogo/NotasTecnicas/nota09.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://www.recursosyenergia.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Estadistica-de-Hidrocarburos-de-Crudos-y-Derivados.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 (PDF) https://www.recursosyenergia.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/04/Estadisticas-hidrocarburiferas.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ (PDF) https://www.aihe.org.ec/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Petroleo-en-Cifras-2019.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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)
  9. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)