San Alberto Gas Field (Tarija, Bolivia)

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San Alberto Gas Field is an operating gas field in Tarija, Bolivia.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for San Alberto 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
San Alberto	Operating	Petrobras Bolivia SA	Petrobras (35.0%); YPFB (50.0%); TotalEnergies (15.0%)	1967	–	2001	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of San Alberto Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	reserves	2831.66	million m³	2021	​
oil	1P reserves	253.4	million bbl	2006	​

Table 3: Production from San Alberto Gas Field

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

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
production	gas	1116.9	million m³/y	2019
production	oil	0.71	million bbl/y	2019
production	gas	730	million m³/y	2023
production	gas	671.6	million m³/y	2024

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for San Alberto Gas Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
San Alberto	Tarija, Bolivia	Onshore	-21.902, -63.881 (exact)

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