Difference between revisions of "El Furrial Oil Field"
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* Operator: PDVSA | * Operator: PDVSA | ||
* Country: Venezuela | * Country: Venezuela | ||
| − | * Location: | + | * Location: Monagas basin |
* Production start: | * Production start: | ||
* Partners: | * Partners: | ||
| − | * Type: Oil | + | * Type: Oil |
* Estimated Reserves: | * Estimated Reserves: | ||
* Production Volume: | * Production Volume: | ||
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* The El Furrial field is located on the northern flank of the Eastern Venezuela basin | * The El Furrial field is located on the northern flank of the Eastern Venezuela basin | ||
* Recovery is based on gas and water injection | * Recovery is based on gas and water injection | ||
| + | * The field contains asphaltenes | ||
=== Contractors === | === Contractors === | ||
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=== History === | === History === | ||
* 1986 - El Furrial Oil Field discovered | * 1986 - El Furrial Oil Field discovered | ||
| − | - 1998 - Production peaked at about 450,000 bpd | + | * 1992 - Water injection began |
| + | * 1998 - Gas injection began | ||
| + | * 1998 - Production peaked at about 450,000 bpd | ||
=== Geology === | === Geology === | ||
Latest revision as of 22:40, 18 January 2026
Summary Information
- Operator: PDVSA
- Country: Venezuela
- Location: Monagas basin
- Production start:
- Partners:
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The El Furrial field is located on the northern flank of the Eastern Venezuela basin
- Recovery is based on gas and water injection
- The field contains asphaltenes
Contractors
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History
- 1986 - El Furrial Oil Field discovered
- 1992 - Water injection began
- 1998 - Gas injection began
- 1998 - Production peaked at about 450,000 bpd
Geology
- The field is in an east-northeast-west-southwest-trending asymmetric anticline, which formed in a foreland setting bounded by reverse faults to the north and south and srike-slip faults east and west. Sandstones of the Caratas Formation of Eocene age and Los Jabillos and Naricual formations of Oligocene age constitute the reservoirs. Thickness of these intervals is 793-854 m with 366 m of net oil sandstone. The depth of the Naricual reservoirs is around 4,116 m, with average porosity of 15%, permeability of 500 md, and water saturation of 20%. A 2,000-m-thick sequence of Oligocene-Miocene shales constitutes an effective regional seal. The main reservoirs correspond to the Naricual Formation which yields a high average rate of production per well
