El Difícil Oil and Gas Field (Magdalena, Colombia)

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El Difícil Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Magdalena, Colombia.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for El Difícil Oil and 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
El Difícil	Operating	Petroleos Sud Americanos Sucursal Colombia	–	–	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of El Difícil Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	1P reserves	1444.15	million m³	2018	​
gas	remaining reserves	821.18	million m³	2021	​

Table 3: Production from El Difícil 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	145.73	million m³/y	2019
production	oil	0.05	million bbl/y	2019
production	gas	69.04	million m³/y	2022
production	oil	0.03	million bbl/y	2022

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for El Difícil Oil and Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Magdalena, Colombia	Onshore	9.915, -74.1 (exact)

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