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Petróleo en Latinoamerica -
Venezuela
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Viernes, 19 de Septiembre de 2008 09:52 |
Venezuela says oil reserves now at 142.31
billion bbl
Eric Watkins
Oil Diplomacy Editor
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18
-- Venezuela's ministry of energy and petroleum has added 7.43 billion
bbl to the country's oil reserves, raising them to 142.31 billion bbl.
The ministry said the new proved reserves are in the Junin, Junin
Block
1, Campos Iguana Zuata, and Zuata North areas in the Orinoco belt,
which covers 53,314 sq km around the northern section of the Orinoco
River.
The revised figure was released by the Orinoco Magna Reserve
Socialist
project, which is being carried out by about 20 foreign companies in
association with state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA).
The project, which started in November 2006 and has proved the
existence of 62.99 billion bbl of oil, is scheduled to end in late
2009. Another 172.61 billion bbl is expected to be added to Venezuela's
reserves.
In early
August, PDVSA announced that the country's reserves totaled
135 billion bbl of oil after the addition of 5.55 billion bbl of newly
proved reserves. The increase came from new-found reserves in the
Orinoco belt, including Junin 3, Campos Iguana Zuata 1, and Zuata Norte
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