Caño Limón (Arauca) Oil and Gas Field (Arauca, Colombia)

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Caño Limón (Arauca) Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Arauca, Colombia.

Along with Caño Limón (Arauquita) Oil and Gas Field (Arauca, Colombia), Caño Limón (Arauca) is a part of the Caño Limón Oil and Gas Complex (Colombia).

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Caño Limón (Arauca) Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Caño Limón (Arauca)	Operating	Sierracol Energy Arauca LLC	Ecopetrol S.A.; Occidental De Colombia LLC	1983	–	1985

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Caño Limón (Arauca) Oil and 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	18.09	million m³/y	2019
production	oil	8.12	million bbl/y	2019
production	gas	11.68	million m³/y	2022
production	oil	6.44	million bbl/y	2022

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Caño Limón (Arauca) Oil and Gas Field

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Arauca, Colombia	6.93, -71.18 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field(s) within the Caño Limón complex:

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