Dragon Gas Field (Venezuela)

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Dragon Gas Field is a discovered gas field in Venezuela.

Along with Mejillones Gas Field (Venezuela), Patao Oil and Gas Field (Venezuela), and Rio Caribe Oil and Gas Field (Venezuela), Dragon Gas Field is a part of the Mariscal Sucre Project.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Dragon Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Dragon	discovered	Shell	National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd [30%]; Shell PLC [70%]	1985	–	–	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Dragon Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	EUR	31431.87	million m³	2000	​
gas	original gas in place	67960.8	million m³	2019	​
gas	reserves	118931.4	million m³	2023	​

Table 3: Production from Dragon Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	gas	3100.8	million m³/y	2022	​
production design capacity	gas	1550.4	million m³/y	2026	​

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Dragon Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
offshore, Venezuela	offshore	10.8691, -61.8567 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Mariscal Sucre Project ():

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