Zuata Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: PDVSA
- Country: Venezuela
- Location: Orinoco Belt
- Production start: 2000
- Partners: Petrocedeño (formerly Sincor), mixed company: PDVSA, 60%, operator, Total, 30.323%; Statoil, 9.677%.
- Type: Extra Heavy Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
Description
- The development consists of Horizontal wells (drain length: 1,400 meters) drilled in clusters and equipped with Progressive Cavity Pumps (PCPs)
- The oil is sent to the San Diego de Cabrutica Oil Processing Plant, for Oil/water/gas separation
- Diluted crude exported to the Sincor Heavy Crude Upgrader via a 197-kilometer pipeline
Contractors
- Technip: Detailed engineering, procurement, construction management and Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning support of production facilities
- Vepica: FEED, detailed engineering, procurement assistance and construction supervision for crude oil pipelines
History
- 2000 - First oil produced
- 2002 - First upgraded crude oil produced
- 2007 - The project is nationalised
- 2008 - Sincor renamed Petrocedeño
