Melones Oil Field (Venezuela)

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Melones Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Melones Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Melones	operating^[1]	Petróleos de Venezuela^[2]	–	1955^[2]	–	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Melones Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	1P reserves	1094.0	million bbl	2015	^[2]
oil	proven reserves	1111.0	million bbl	2016	^[1]

Table 3: Production from Melones Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	oil	8.39	million bbl/y	2015	^[2]
production	oil	6.57	million bbl/y	2016	^[1]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Melones Oil Field


Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Maturin	onshore, Venezuela^[3]	onshore^[3]	8.7481, -63.8307 (exact)^[3]

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Additional Data

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References

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