Wattenberg Oil and Gas Project (Colorado, United States)

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Wattenberg Oil and Gas Project is an operating oil and gas project in Colorado, United States.

The project consists of the following units:

• Wattenberg - Bayswater Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - Bonanza Creek Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - Confluence Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - Crestone Peak Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - Extraction Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - Great Western Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - Highpoint Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - Kerr Mcgee Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - Noble Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - PDC Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - Petro Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)
• Wattenberg - Verdad Oil and Gas Asset (Colorado, United States)

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Project-level project details for Wattenberg Oil and Gas Project

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Wattenberg	operating	–	–	1970	–	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Wattenberg Oil and Gas Project

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	recoverable reserves	45307.2	million m³	2008	​

Table 3: Production from Wattenberg Oil and Gas Project

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million m³ = million cubic meters

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	gas	79287.6	million m³	2008	​
production	gas	26606.08	million m³/y	2022	​
production	oil	119.13	million bbl/y	2022	​
production	gas	22246.64	million m³/y	2024	​
production	oil	96.34	million bbl/y	2024	​

Location

Table 4: Project-level location details for Wattenberg Oil and Gas Project

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Denver	Colorado, United States	onshore	40.198, -104.731 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the project:

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