Yopales Oil Field (Venezuela)

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Yopales Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Yopales Operating[1] PDVSA (60.0%); ANCAP (40.0%)[2] 1937[3]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Yopales Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil oil in place 2435 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil EUR 385 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil remaining recoverable reserves 200 million bbl 2021 [1]

Table 3: Production from Yopales Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category Fuel Description Quantity Units Data Year Source
cumulative production oil 127 million bbl 1987 [4]
cumulative production oil 185 million bbl 2021 [1]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Yopales Oil Field

Basin Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Maturin Onshore, Venezuela[5] 8.7981, -64.4708 (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 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. https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Ancap-forma-empresa-con-Pdvsa-uc194252 https://www.bnamericas.com/en/project-profile/oilandgas/campo-yopales-campo-yopales, https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Noticias/Ancap-forma-empresa-con-Pdvsa-uc194252. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20210627005245/https://www.bnamericas.com/en/project-profile/oilandgas/campo-yopales-campo-yopales. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 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.
  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.