Boscán Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Chevron
- Country: Venezuela
- Location: Zulia state, in the western side of the country
- Production start: 1947
- Partners: PDVSA
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves: 1.6 billion barrels of proven reserves
- Production Volume: 107 thousand barrels per day
+++ Description
- Boscan is a giant heavy-oil field producing 10°API crude
+++ Contractors
- **Penspen:** Field Operations and Management
- **Vepica:** Basic and detailed engineering for the modernization of the onshore production facilities
+++ History
- 1946 - Boscan Oil Field discovered by Chevron
- 1947 - First oil produced
- 1996 - Chevron took over the field
- 2013 - PDVSA & Chevron signed a financing agreement for the redevelopment of the field
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