Paka Norte Oil and Gas Field (Ecuador)

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

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Paka Norte 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
Paka Norte	Operating	EP Petroecuador	EP Petroecuador (100.0%)	2003	–	2003	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Paka Norte Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	2P reserves	6.27	million bbl	2016	​
oil	original oil in place	147.82	million bbl	2016	​

Table 3: Production from Paka Norte Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
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	7.1	million bbl	2016
production	associated gas	0.27	million m³/y	2019
production	oil	1.09	million bbl/y	2019
production	oil	0.83	million bbl/y	2022
production	oil	0.87	million bbl/y	2021
production	associated gas	4.05	million m³/y	2021

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
B15 - INDILLANA	Onshore, Ecuador	Onshore	-0.4293, -76.7953 (exact)

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