Auca Oil and Gas Field (Ecuador)

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

Auca is a part of the Shaya; Auca complex.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Auca Operating[1] EP Petroecuador[1] EP Petroecuador (100.0%)[2] 1970[3] 1972[4]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Auca Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil 1P reserves 276.08 million bbl 2016 [5]
oil 3P reserves 392.81 million bbl 2016 [5]
oil EUR 198 million bbl 2000 [6]
oil reserves 297 million bbl 1975 [7]
oil proved reserves 76.42 million bbl 1994 [8]

Table 3: Production from Auca 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 3 million bbl 1975 [7]
cumulative production oil 65 million bbl 1987 [6]
cumulative production oil 547 million bbl 2015 [4]
production associated gas 46.15 million m³/y 2019 [9]
production oil 2.6 million bbl/y 1975 [7]
production oil 13.67 million bbl/y 2019 [9]
production oil 13.54 million bbl/y 2022 [1]
production oil 12.06 million bbl/y 2021 [10]
production associated gas 42.54 million m³/y 2021 [10]

Location

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

Concession/Block Basin Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
B61 - AUCA[11][12] Oriente Onshore, Ecuador[13] -0.6077, -76.8992 (approximate)[13]

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Shaya; Auca complex:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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)
  2. EHCD2019, https://onepetro.org/SPEFD/proceedings-abstract/18FD/2-18FD/D021S014R001/214864
  3. (PDF) https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2006/R2284.pdf https://www.petroamazonas.gob.ec/?p=4842, https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2006/R2284.pdf. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210929005814/https://onepetro.org/SPELAMA/proceedings-abstract/17LAMA/2-17LAMA/D021S012R002/195301. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 "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.
  6. 6.0 6.1 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.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 (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)
  8. 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. 10.0 10.1 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)
  11. Asociación de la Industria Hidrocarburífera del Ecuador (44986). "El Petróleo en Cifras 2022" (PDF). Asociación de la Industria Hidrocarburífera del Ecuador. Archived (PDF) from the original on Oct 10, 2023. Retrieved Oct 10, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. Ministerio de Energía y Recursos Naturales no Renovables (43357). "Mapa de Bloques e Infraestructura Petrolera del Ecuador". Gobierno del Ecuador. Archived from the original on Oct 3, 2023. Retrieved Oct 2, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. 13.0 13.1 Ministerio de Energía y Recursos Naturales no Renovables (2018). "Informe Anual del Potencial Hidrocarburífero del Ecuador 2018" (PDF). Recursos y Energía / Ministerio de Energía y Minas. Archived (PDF) from the original on Oct 24, 2023. Retrieved Oct 19, 2023.