Carabobo-1 Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: PDVSA
• Country: Venezuela
• Location: Orinoco Oil Belt
• Production start: 2000
• Partners: Repsol
• Type: Oil
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

+++ Description

• The field consist of blocks Carabobo 1 Norte and Centro
• The development includes production clusters, a gathering network, Central Processing Facilities to separate gas, water and oil, and also interconnection pipelines with the Petrocarabobo Upgrader
• The heavy crude oil upgrader is capable of transforming what is produced from 8° API to a crude oil mix of 16° API

+++ Contractors

• **Technip:** Development of the Conceptual Engineering for the permanent production facilities

+++ History

• 2010 - Repsol signed JV for the block
• 2012 - First oil produced

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. Technip Venezuela References
2. Antonio Brufau signs the development agreement for the Carabobo project
3. Repsol begins accelerated hydrocarbon production in the Orinoco Belt