Rio Grande Gas Field (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

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Rio Grande Gas Field (Río Grande) is an operating gas field in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Along with La Pena Tundy Oil and Gas Field (Santa Cruz, Bolivia), Los Sauces Gas Field (Santa Cruz, Bolivia), and Los Sauces Sur Oil and Gas Field (Bolivia), Rio Grande Gas Field is a part of the Bloque Grigotá complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Rio Grande 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
Rio Grande	Operating	YPFB Andina SA	YPFB Andina SA (100.0%)	1961	–	1968	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Rio Grande Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	1P reserves	61.1	million bbl	2006	​

Table 3: Production from Rio Grande Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million m³ = million cubic meters

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	gas	62777.86	million m³	2020
production	gas	401.5	million m³/y	2019
production	oil	0.28	million bbl/y	2019
production	condensate	0.14	million bbl/y	2020
production	gas	408.25	million m³/y	2020

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Rio Grande Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Onshore	-18.166, -62.914 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Bloque Grigotá complex:

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