Petroleum developments in South America, Central America, Mexico, and Caribbean area in 1977

Journal Article · Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978 · Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6422319

Amato, F L

The review for 1977 presents information on petroleum developments in 31 countries from South America, Central America, the Caribbean area, and Mexico. Hydrocarbons were produced in 13 of these countries, for a total reported production of 1,685,223,000 bbl of oil. Statistics on gas production were not available on all countries so total gas production could not be determined. Argentina, Mexico, Peru, and Trinidad had increases in production. Major increases in development drilling were experienced in Argentina (private companies), Bolivia, Chile, and Colombia. Ecuador and Peru had slight decreases. Continued exploratory efforts resulted in significant new discoveries i Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad, and Venezuela. Recent exploratory successes in Mexico continued, as evidenced by the increase of reserves to 16 billion bbl from 11 billion bbl established at the end of 1976. 12 figures, 51 tables.

• Research Organization: Occidental Exploration and Production Co., Bakersfield, CA
• OSTI ID: 6422319
• Journal Information: Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull.; (United States), Vol. 62:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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