El Difícil Oil and Gas Field (Magdalena, Colombia)

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El Difícil Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Magdalena, Colombia.

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
El Difícil operating[1] Petroleos Sud Americanos Sucursal Colombia[1][2] – – – – conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of El Difícil Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
gas 1P reserves 1444.17 million m³ 2018 ​[3]
gas remaining reserves 821.19 million m³ 2021 ​[4]

Table 3: Production from El Difícil 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 gas 145.74 million m³/y 2019 ​[5]
production oil 0.05 million bbl/y 2019 ​[5]
production gas 69.04 million m³/y 2022 ​[6]
production oil 0.03 million bbl/y 2022 ​[6]
production gas 33.07 million m³/y 2024 ​[2]
production oil 0.01 million bbl/y 2024 ​[1]

Location

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

Concession/Block Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
El Difícil[1][2] Magdalena, Colombia[7] onshore[8] 9.915, -74.1 (exact)[7]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://www.anh.gov.co/documents/26710/Producci%C3%B3n_Fiscalizada_Crudo_2024_TIBfkeo.xlsx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.anh.gov.co/documents/26711/Produccion_Fiscalizada_Gas_2024_EleJtDk.xlsx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210930060810/http://www.promigas.com/En/News/Documents/INFORME%20GAS%20NATURAL%20COLOMBIA%202018.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ https://energymonitor.ai/finance/risk-management/exclusive-natural-gas-data-reveals-trillions-of-dollars-of-upcoming-gas-projects. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221129061343/https://www.anh.gov.co/estadisticas-del-sector/sistemas-integrados-operaciones/estad%C3%ADsticas-producci%C3%B3n. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.anh.gov.co/documents/21445/Producci%C3%B3n_Fiscalizada_Crudo_2022_tyTFq2u.xlsx. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221212030829/https://geovisor.anh.gov.co/tierras. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)