Varadero Oil Field (Matanzas, Cuba)

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Varadero Oil Field is an operating oil field in Matanzas, Cuba.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Varadero 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
Varadero	Operating	CUPET	CUPET (100.0%)	1971	–	–	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Varadero Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	oil in place	11300	million bbl	2015	​
oil	reserves	7314.67	million bbl	2017	​

Table 3: Production from Varadero Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	231	million bbl	2018

Location

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

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Matanzas, Cuba	Offshore	23.147, -81.343 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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