Bacab Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico)

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Bacab Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Federal Offshore, Mexico.

Along with Ku Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), Ayatsil Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), Tekel Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), Utsil Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), Lum Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), Maloob Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), Zaap Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), and Pit Oil and Gas Field (Federal Offshore, Mexico), Bacab is a part of the Ku-Maloob-Zaap complex.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Bacab	Operating	PEMEX	–	1977	–	1991

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Bacab Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
condensate	2P reserves	0.47	million bbl	2020
condensate	2P reserves	0.11	million bbl	2023
crude oil	2P reserves	52.06	million bbl	2023
gas	2P reserves	534.62	million m³	2020
gas	2P reserves	521.03	million m³	2023
oil	2P reserves	52.32	million bbl	2020

Table 3: Production from Bacab Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
cumulative production	associated gas	590.84	million m³	2020
cumulative production	condensate	0	million bbl	2020
cumulative production	nonassociated gas	0	million m³	2020
cumulative production	oil	76.73	million bbl	2020
production	associated gas	5.95	million m³/y	2020
production	condensate	0	million bbl/y	2020
production	nonassociated gas	0	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	1.45	million bbl/y	2020
production	associated gas	8.14	million m³/y	2022
production	crude oil	1.08	million bbl/y	2022

Location

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

Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cuencas del Sureste	Federal Offshore, Mexico	19.5659, -92.119 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Ku-Maloob-Zaap complex:

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