La Paz Oil Field (Venezuela)

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La Paz Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for La Paz Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
La Paz	Operating^[1]	Petrourdaneta^[2]	PDVSA (60.0%); Maha Energy (40.0%)^[2]^[3]	1925^[4]	–	–	–

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of La Paz Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	oil in place	4627	million bbl	2021	^[1]
oil	EUR	981	million bbl	2021	^[1]
oil	remaining recoverable reserves	66	million bbl	2021	^[1]

Table 3: Production from La Paz 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	915	million bbl	2021	^[1]
production	oil	0.63	million bbl/y	2014	^[5]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for La Paz Oil Field


Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Unknown, Venezuela	Unknown	No location data found

Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Rafael Sandrea, Martin Essenfeld (2021). "The Future of Venezuela's Oil Industry" (PDF). Eprinc. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Francisco Monaldi, Igor Hernández, José la Rosa (43862). "The Collapse of the Venezuelan Oil Industry: The Role of Above-Ground Risks Limiting FDI" (PDF). Baker Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240412172416/https://www.energy-pedia.com/news/venezuela/maha-pays-eur-4-6-million-and-signs-the-agreements-for-the-venezuelan-petrourdaneta-acquisition-194488. Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210921015850/http://edocs.nps.edu/AR/topic/theses/2004/May/04May_Light.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Petróleo y Otros Datos Estadísticos (PODE) 2014" (PDF). 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2021.

[Future_of_Venezuela's_Oil_Industry-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Rafael Sandrea, Martin Essenfeld (2021). "The Future of Venezuela's Oil Industry" (PDF). Eprinc. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.

[COVOI2020-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Francisco Monaldi, Igor Hernández, José la Rosa (43862). "The Collapse of the Venezuelan Oil Industry: The Role of Above-Ground Risks Limiting FDI" (PDF). Baker Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[autoref_1-4] (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210921015850/http://edocs.nps.edu/AR/topic/theses/2004/May/04May_Light.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[PODE2014-5] "Petróleo y Otros Datos Estadísticos (PODE) 2014" (PDF). 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2021.

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