Las Mercedes Oil Field (Venezuela)

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Las Mercedes Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Las Mercedes Oil Field

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID* year Production start year
Las Mercedes Operating[1] 1941[1]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Las Mercedes Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel Description Reserve Classification Quantity Units Data Year Source
oil oil in place 437 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil EUR 121 million bbl 2021 [1]
oil remaining recoverable reserves 28 million bbl 2021 [1]

Table 3: Production from Las Mercedes 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 93 million bbl 2021 [1]
production oil 0.26 million bbl/y 2014 [2]

Location

Table 4: field-level location details for Las Mercedes Oil Field

Basin Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Maturin Onshore, Venezuela[3] 9.2216, -66.3489 (exact)[3]

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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. "Petróleo y Otros Datos Estadísticos (PODE) 2014" (PDF). 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 17, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Raymond W. Fary Jr. (1980). "Oil and gas fields in Venezuela" (PDF). USGS. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.