Sacha Oil and Gas Field (Ecuador)

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Sacha Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Ecuador.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Sacha Operating[1] EP Petroecuador[1] EP Petroecuador (100.0%)[2] 1969[3]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Sacha Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil 1P reserves 311.08 million bbl 2016 [4]
oil 3P reserves 434.92 million bbl 2016 [4]
oil reserves 514 million bbl 1975 [5]
oil reserves 350 million bbl 2019 [6]
oil reserves 350 million bbl 2023 [7]
oil proved reserves 284.38 million bbl 1994 [8]
oil probable reserves 3.71 million bbl 1994 [8]

Table 3: Production from Sacha Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year 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 86 million bbl 1975 [5]
production associated gas 158.83 million m³/y 2019 [9]
production oil 16.8 million bbl/y 1975 [5]
production oil 25.08 million bbl/y 2019 [9]
production oil 25.18 million bbl/y 2021 [10]
production oil 23.31 million bbl/y 2021 [1]
production oil 24.34 million bbl/y 2022 [11]
production associated gas 152.92 million m³/y 2021 [1]
production design capacity oil 26.1 million bbl/y 2021 [12]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Sacha Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
B60 - SACHA[13] Onshore, Ecuador[14] -0.3233, -76.8644 (approximate)[14]

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ministerio de Energía y Mina; Viceministerio de Hidrocarburos; Dirección de Análisis de Información Estratégica de Hidrocarburos (2021). "Estadística Hidrocarburos 2021 Ministerio de Energía y Minas" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Minas. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. EHCD2019, AEMD2021
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830054034/https://bibdigital.epn.edu.ec/handle/15000/19370?mode=full. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 "La Empresa Pública de Exploración y Explotación de Hidrocarburos Petroamazonas EP" (PDF). 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221203052037/https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2006/R2284.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 03 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20211020064556/https://www.petroamazonas.gob.ec/?p=10166. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/ecuador-petr%C3%B3leo_el-mayor-campo-petrolero-de-ecuador-alcanza-un-r%C3%A9cord-de-76.000-barriles-diarios/48914900. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Banco Central del Ecuador (1994). "Banco Central del Ecuador - Consideraciones sobre el futuro petrolero del Ecuador" (PDF). Banco Central del Ecuador. Archived (PDF) from the original on Oct 24, 2023. Retrieved Dec 1994. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Estadística De Hidrocarburos De Crudo Y Derivados" (PDF). Ministerio de Energía y Recursos Naturales No Renovables. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20221207234324/https://www.eppetroecuador.ec/?p=10055. Archived from the original on 07 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. EP Petroecuador (44927). "Informe Estadístico Enero - Diciembre 2022 Petroecuador EP" (PDF). EP Petroecuador. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 29, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20220927074025/https://www.eppetroecuador.ec/?p=10163. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. "El Petroleo en Cifras 2019" (PDF). Asociación de la Industria Hidrocaburífera del Ecuador. March 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 "Guia interactiva". Mapa Interactivo. 2021. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.