Yuca Oil and Gas Field (Ecuador)

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Yuca operating[1] EP Petroecuador[1] – 1970[2] – – conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Yuca Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
oil proved reserves 6.38 million bbl 1994 ​[3]

Table 3: Production from Yuca 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 4.31 million m³/y 2019 ​[4]
production oil 1.24 million bbl/y 2019 ​[4]
production associated gas 3.59 million m³/y 2021 ​[5]
production oil 1.02 million bbl/y 2021 ​[5]
production oil 0.99 million bbl/y 2022 ​[1]

Location

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

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
B61 - AUCA[6][7] onshore, Ecuador[8] onshore[9] -0.4881, -76.7784 (approximate)[8]

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 (PDF) https://www.eppetroecuador.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/05/INFORME-ESTADISTICO-DICIEMBRE-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ (PDF) https://www.eppetroecuador.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2015/03/El-Petr%C3%B3leo-en-el-Ecuador-La-Nueva-Era.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ (PDF) https://contenido.bce.fin.ec/documentos/PublicacionesNotas/Catalogo/NotasTecnicas/nota09.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 (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)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://www.recursosyenergia.gob.ec/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2023/04/Estadisticas-hidrocarburiferas.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ (PDF) https://www.aihe.org.ec/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CIFRAS-PETROLEO-EN-CIFRAS-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230503125117/http://www.recursosyenergia.gob.ec/mapa-de-bloques-e-infraestructura-petrolera-del-ecuador/. Archived from the original on 03 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 http://ide.ambiente.gob.ec/mapainteractivo/. {{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)