Block 56 Gas Block (Cusco, Peru)

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Block 56 Gas Block (Lote 56) is an operating gas block in Cusco, Peru.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Block-level project details for Block 56 Gas Block

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Block 56	Operating	PlusPetrol Peru	PlusPetrol Lote 56 S.A. (42.6%); Hunt Oil Company of Peru L.L.C., Sucursal del Perú (25.2%); Repsol Exploracion Peru, Sucursal del Peru (10.0%); Tecpetrol Bloque 56 S.A.C. (10.0%); Other (12.2%)	2000	–	2007	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Block 56 Gas Block

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
NGL	2P reserves	104.34	million bbl	2019	​
gas	2P reserves	5473.31	million m³	2022	​
oil	2P reserves	0	million bbl	2022	​

Table 3: Production from Block 56 Gas Block

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

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	3901.91	million m³/y	2019
production	NGL	9.24	million bbl/y	2019
production	gas	3888.13	million m³/y	2022

Location

Table 4: Block-level location details for Block 56 Gas Block

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 56	Ucayali	Cusco, Peru	Onshore	-11.483, -73.105 (exact)

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