Block 8 Oil Block (Loreto, Peru)

This article is part of the Global Oil and Gas Extraction Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Related categories:

Block 8 Oil Block (Lote 8) is a shut in oil block in Loreto, Peru.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Block-level project details for Block 8 Oil 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 8	Shut in^[1]	PlusPetrol Norte^[1]	PlusPetrol Norte S.A. (60.0%); POSCO DAEWOO Corporation Sucursal Peruana (11.67%); Korea National Oil Corporation Suc. Peruana (20.0%); SK Energy Sucursal Peruana (8.33%)^[1]	–	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Block 8 Oil Block

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	2P reserves	28.23	million bbl	2019	^[2]

Table 3: Production from Block 8 Oil 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	oil	1.61	million bbl/y	2019	^[2]
production	oil	0.01	million bbl/y	2022	^[1]
production	gas	0	million m³/y	2022	^[1]

Location

Table 4: Block-level location details for Block 8 Oil Block


Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block 8^[1]	Marañon	Loreto, Peru^[2]	Onshore^[3]	-3.861, -75.279 (exact)^[2]

The map below shows the exact location of the block:

Loading map...

Articles and Resources

Additional Data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of oil and gas extraction sites, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Oil and Gas Extraction Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 PeruPetro (2022). "Estadistica Anual de Hidrocarburos 2022" (PDF). PeruPetro. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "Perupetro Estadística Anual De Hidrocarburos 2019" (PDF). PeruPetro - Estadística Petrolera. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
↑ Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[PeruPetro2022-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 PeruPetro (2022). "Estadistica Anual de Hidrocarburos 2022" (PDF). PeruPetro. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.

[PeruPetro2019-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "Perupetro Estadística Anual De Hidrocarburos 2019" (PDF). PeruPetro - Estadística Petrolera. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

[NELand2023-3] Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[1]

[2]

[3]