Bulo Bulo Gas Field (Cochabamba, Bolivia)

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Bulo Bulo Gas Field is an operating gas field in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Bulo Bulo Gas Field

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
Bulo Bulo	Operating	YPFB Chaco SA	YPFB Chaco SA (100.0%)	1964	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Bulo Bulo Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	reserves	4105.9	million m³	2021	​

Table 3: Production from Bulo Bulo Gas Field

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	401.5	million m³/y	2019
production	oil	0.35	million bbl/y	2019
production	gas	330.74	million m³/y	2023

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Bulo Bulo Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cochabamba, Bolivia	Onshore	-17.302, -64.398 (exact)

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