A Western Venezuela Case Study – The Sipororo Structure – From Abandonment to 35 MMscfg/d

E018 A western Venezuela case study. The Sipororo Structure: from abandonment to 35 MMscfg/d. Summary 1 New exploration ideas and methodologies along with applied drilling and completion technologies were successfully utilized to discover new gas reserves in the Barinas basin of western Venezuela. In 2001 Repsol-YPF initiated an exploration program in the Barrancas Block an area of the relatively under explored Barinas basin. Four exploratory wells were drilled in the block between 1996 to 1998 with limited commercial success. The wells were originally planned to explore for oil but found limited quantities of gas. The wells proved to be difficult