M&P Iberoamerica（M&P 持股 80% 的子公司）拥有 PRDL 40% 的权益以及 PdVSA 60% 的权益，这使得 M&P 拥有 Urdaneta Oeste 油田 32% 的净权益。

M&P 首席执行官 Olivier de Langavant 表示：我们很高兴能够宣布全面恢复我们在委内瑞拉的业务，多年来我们一直在为此努力。它证实了我们长期增长战略的有效性。由于过去几周的公告，我们已经能够敲定合同框架，这将使我们能够最终挖掘 Urdaneta Oeste 油田的巨大潜力，并立即生效。这是 M&P 发展的新一步，将为集团未来几年提供大量的有机增长机会。”

Urdaneta Oeste 是马拉开波湖的一个浅海产油田。

现有资源量相当可观，储罐原始石油地质量（STOOIP）达130亿桶。截至 2022 年 12 月，石油产量已超过 3.32 亿桶，相当于 2.5% 的采收率。截至 2022 年底，已批准开发 4.22 亿桶（总量），直至当前许可证于 2041 年到期。

已安装加工基础设施的标称产能为 70 000 桶/日，拥有 68 个井口和管汇平台。20 世纪 90 年代，在壳牌的运营下，产量达到峰值，约为每日 5 万桶。目前 88 口井中只有 24 口处于活动状态。目前总产量潜力约为 16,500 桶/日，2023 年前 9 个月的产量为 14,450 桶/日。

M&P 预计，得益于有针对性的油井干预以及地面修复和优化，到 2024 年底，总产量潜力将恢复至 25,000 桶/日。随后将需要额外的钻探以进一步增加计划的产量。

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M&P Iberoamerica (80% subsidiary of M&P) owns a 40% interest in PRDL alongside PdVSA’s 60% interest, which gives M&P a 32% net interest in the Urdaneta Oeste field.

Olivier de Langavant, Chief Executive Officer of M&P, stated: We are delighted to be able to announce the full resumption of our operations in Venezuela, which we have been working towards for some years. It confirms the validity of our long-term growth strategy. Thanks to the announcements of the last few weeks, we have been able to finalise a contractual framework, which will allow us to finally tap the considerable potential of the Urdaneta Oeste field with immediate effect. This is a new step forward in the development of M&P, and it will provide substantial organic growth opportunities for the Group for years to come”.

Urdaneta Oeste is a shallow offshore producing field in Lake Maracaibo.

The resource in place is considerable, with a stock tank original oil-in-place (STOOIP) of 13 billion barrels. Over 332 million barrels have been produced as of December 2022, equivalent to a 2.5% recovery factor. As of year-end 2022, 422 million barrels (gross) were approved to be developed until the current license expiry in 2041.

The nominal capacity of the installed processing infrastructure is 70 000 bpd, with 68 platforms for wellheads and manifolds. The production peaked at approximately 50 000 bpd under Shell’s operatorship in the 1990s. Only 24 of 88 wells are currently active. The current gross production potential is approximately 16 500 bpd, with a production of 14 450 bpd for the first nine months of 2023.

M&P expects to ramp up the gross production potential back to 25 000 bpd by year-end 2024 thanks to targeted well interventions and surface repairs and optimisations. Additional drilling will then be required for the further increase in production planned thereafter.

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