Culebra Oil and Gas Field (Nuevo León; Tamaulipas, Mexico)

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Culebra Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Nuevo León; Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Along with Nejo Oil and Gas Field (Tamaulipas, Mexico), Cuitláhuac Oil and Gas Field (Tamaulipas, Mexico), Cuervito Oil and Gas Field (Nuevo León; Tamaulipas, Mexico), Santa Anita Oil and Gas Field (Tamaulipas, Mexico), Arcabuz Oil and Gas Field (Nuevo León; Tamaulipas, Mexico), Fundador Oil and Gas Field (Tamaulipas, Mexico), Palmito Oil and Gas Field (Nuevo León, Mexico), Arcos Oil and Gas Field (Tamaulipas, Mexico), Cuatro Milpas Oil and Gas Field (Nuevo León, Mexico), and Géminis Oil and Gas Field (Tamaulipas, Mexico), Culebra is a part of the Integral Burgos complex.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Culebra	Operating	PEMEX	–	1956	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Culebra 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	0.01	million bbl	2020
gas	2P reserves	785.05	million m³	2020
oil	2P reserves	0	million bbl	2020

Table 3: Production from Culebra 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	0	million m³	2020
cumulative production	condensate	0	million bbl	2020
cumulative production	nonassociated gas	41841.73	million m³	2020
cumulative production	oil	0	million bbl	2020
production	associated gas	0	million m³/y	2020
production	condensate	0	million bbl/y	2020
production	nonassociated gas	427.01	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	0	million bbl/y	2020
production	nonassociated gas	433.45	million m³/y	2022

Location

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

Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Burgos	Nuevo León; Tamaulipas, Mexico	25.9429, -99.0525 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Integral Burgos complex:

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