Orocual Oil Field (Venezuela)

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Orocual Oil Field is an operating oil field in Venezuela.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Orocual Oil 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
Orocual	Operating^[1]	PDVSA^[2]	–	1958^[2]	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Orocual Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	1P reserves	616	million bbl	2015	^[2]
oil	oil in place	4881	million bbl	2021	^[1]
oil	EUR	654	million bbl	2021	^[1]
oil	remaining recoverable reserves	449	million bbl	2021	^[1]
oil	proven reserves	615	million bbl	2016	^[3]

Table 3: Production from Orocual 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	205	million bbl	2021	^[1]
production	oil	5.11	million bbl/y	2015	^[2]
production	oil	4.38	million bbl/y	2016	^[3]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Orocual Oil Field


Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Maturin	Onshore, Venezuela^[4]	Onshore^[5]	9.8532, -63.3682 (exact)^[4]

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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 ^2.2 ^2.3 "PETRÓLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A. EX-99.T3". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. October 1, 2016. Archived from the original on March 31, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 PDVSA (2016). "Informe de Gestion Anual 2016" (PDF). PDVSA. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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.
↑ Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[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.

[PDVSA_2015_EX-99-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "PETRÓLEOS DE VENEZUELA, S.A. EX-99.T3". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. October 1, 2016. Archived from the original on March 31, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

[PDVSA2016-3] 3.0 ^3.1 PDVSA (2016). "Informe de Gestion Anual 2016" (PDF). PDVSA. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

[https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1980/0782/plate-1.pdf-4] 4.0 ^4.1 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.

[NELand2023(A)-5] Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-land/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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