Zuata Oil Field

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

+++ Geology

+++ Links

1. Technip Venezuela References
2. Vepica Pipeline References
3. Sincor on stream
4. Venezuela: First Zuata Sweet Syncrude Production from Sincor
5. Statoil and MENPET sign Memorandum of Understanding for the migration of Sincor