Mene Grande Oil Field (Venezuela)

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Mene Grande Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Mene Grande Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Mene Grande Operating[1] Petroquiriquire, C.A.[2] PDVSA (60.0%); Repsol (40.0%)[2] 1914[1] 1914[3]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Mene Grande Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil oil in place 2889 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil EUR 837 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil remaining recoverable reserves 98 million bbl 2021 [1]

Table 3: Production from Mene Grande Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
cumulative production oil 739 million bbl 2021 [1]
production oil 4.7 million bbl/y 2014 [4]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Mene Grande Oil Field

Basin Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Maracaibo Onshore, Venezuela[5] 9.8136, -70.8876 (exact)[5]

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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. 2.0 2.1 "PETRÓLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A. EX-99.T3". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. October 1, 2016. Archived from the original on March 31, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230601085753/https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/171.htm. Archived from the original on 01 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "Petróleo y Otros Datos Estadísticos (PODE) 2014" (PDF). 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Raymond W. Fary Jr. (1980). "Oil and gas fields in Venezuela" (PDF). USGS. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.