Mejillones Gas Field (Venezuela)

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Mejillones Gas Field is a discovered gas field in Venezuela.

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Mejillones Discovered[1] Petrobras (35.0%); PDVSA (65.0%)[2] 1980[3]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Mejillones Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
gas EUR 20954.27 million m³ 2000 [3]

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Mejillones Gas Field

Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Venezuela[4] 10.8531, -62.0685 (exact)[4]

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

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. Rafael Sandrea, Martin Essenfeld (2021). "The Future of Venezuela's Oil Industry" (PDF). Eprinc. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200820/https://www.ogj.com/pipelines-transportation/lng/article/17279994/petrobras-pdvsa-to-develop-mariscal-sucre-gas. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tomoaki Sumii (2000). "Explanatory Notes for the Energy-Resources Map of the Circum-Pacific Region, Pacific Basin Sheet" (PDF). USGS. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Fredrik Robelius (2007). "Giant Oil Fields – The Highway to Oil" (PDF). Uppsala University. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2021.