Caño Limón oilfield

Caño Limón oilfield
Caño Limón oilfield
Country	Colombia
Region	Arauca Department
Location	Llanos Basin
Offshore/onshore	onshore
Partners	Ecopetrol, Occidental Petroleum
Field history
Discovery	1983
Start of production	1986
Production
Current production of oil	73,000 barrels per day (~3.6×106 t/a)

The Caño Limón oilfield is an oil field crude oil in Arauca Department, Colombia. It is Colombia's second-largest oil field.[1]

History

The Caño Limón oilfield was discovered in July 1983 by Occidental Petroleum.[2] Oil extraction operations began in 1986.

Geology

The Llanos basin is located east of the Eastern Cordillera (Andes) in Colombia. The bulk of the oil is found in deltaic sands of Eocene Mirador and the Upper Cretaceous formation. The average API gravity of oil is 29.5°.

Production

The oil field is jointly owned by the state oil firm Ecopetrol, and Occidental Petroleum. The produced crude oil is transported by the Caño Limón – Coveñas pipeline to Colombia's Caribbean coastline.

Environmental issues

The National Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and Environment repeatedly criticized the operation. In 1988, it found that the operators had taken inadequate steps to prevent environmental damage. Later in 1992, it conducted water sampling studies that found high concentrations of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. It found that "because of the polluting effluents from Caño Limón, the receiving rivers and lakes are no longer fit for human consumption."

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References

"Cano Limon output cut". Upstream Online. 2002-03-05. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
McCollough, C.N. (1987). "Geology of the Super Giant Cano Limon Field and the Llanos Basin, Colombia". In Horn, Myron K. (ed.). Transactions of the Fourth Circum-Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference, August 17–22, 1986, Singapore. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources.

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[upstream100210-1] "Cano Limon output cut". Upstream Online. 2002-03-05. Retrieved 2010-02-10.

[circum-2] McCollough, C.N. (1987). "Geology of the Super Giant Cano Limon Field and the Llanos Basin, Colombia". In Horn, Myron K. (ed.). Transactions of the Fourth Circum-Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference, August 17–22, 1986, Singapore. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources.