Guafita Oil Field (Venezuela)

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Guafita Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Guafita Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Guafita	Operating	PDVSA	–	1984	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Guafita Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
oil	original oil in place	138.88	million bbl	2013
oil	oil in place	1064	million bbl	2021
oil	EUR	590	million bbl	2021
oil	remaining recoverable reserves	130	million bbl	2021

Table 3: Production from Guafita Oil Field

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
cumulative production	oil	460	million bbl	2021
production	oil	21.17	million bbl/y	2003
production	oil	4.87	million bbl/y	2014

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Guafita Oil Field

Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Apure-Barinas	Onshore, Venezuela	7.0379, -71.0357 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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