Dragon Gas Field (Venezuela)

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Dragon Gas Field is a discovered gas field in Venezuela.

Along with Patao Oil and Gas Field (Venezuela), Mejillones Gas Field (Venezuela), and Rio Caribe Oil and Gas Field (Venezuela), Dragon Gas Field is a part of the Mariscal Sucre complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Dragon 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
Dragon	Discovered	Shell	Shell (70.0%); National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (30.0%)	1985	–	2026 (expected)	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Dragon Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	EUR	31431.4	million m³	2000	​
gas	original gas in place	67959.79	million m³	2019	​
gas	reserves	118929.63	million m³	2023	​

Table 3: Production from Dragon Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production design capacity	gas	1550.33	million m³/y	2026
production design capacity	gas	3100.67	million m³/y	2022

Location

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

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Offshore, Venezuela	Offshore	10.8691, -61.8567 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Mariscal Sucre complex:

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