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Editor’s Column

Colloquy

Nina Rach of Mesozoic discoveries in Tabasco.

PECOM celebrates 20 years

PEMEX wants to optimize ? ow and uses pressure injection to increase recov- he Petroleum Exhibition & Opening ery from wells. Of 120MMbo produced

Gustavo Hernandez, the new General from 14 ? elds, he said 10% of the pro-

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Conference of Mexico (PECOM) th

Director of PEMEX Exploration & duction results from injection.

recently celebrated its 20 year.

The location in Villahermosa, Tabasco’s

Production (PEP), opened the conference To develop heavier, higher viscos- state capitol, is fundamental to the with a keynote address. He said PEMEX ity oil, Hernandez said the company is continuing success of the conference will be proposing a major new reorgani- investigating the use of nanomaterials and convenient for many PEMEX per- zation in the following weeks that would as catalysts, and microwave heating to sonnel. Villahermosa is the center of a be more harmonious and allow the com- reduce viscosity and improve ? ow. wealth of petroleum activity, exempli- pany to face competition. Air injection (10MMcf/d at 4500psi) ? ed by nearby Ciudad Pemex and its “The ? gures give context” to the impor- into Well 142 at the Cardenas ? eld will gas processing complex, be the ? rst in the world, be the ? rst in the world, the Centla project area scheduled for October.

and Port of Frontera “We’ve also been work- on the Grijalva River, ing hard to avoid/ reduce and offshore support venting gas,” and 98.4% activities at Ciudad del of gas produced in 2013

Carmen on the Bay of was captured, rather than

Campeche.

? ared.

At a US Department In terms of investment,

April of Commerce-sponsored Hernandez said: “The oil 2015 14-16 lunch briefing the day & gas industry needs a big before the expo opened, effort to start moving.”

Parque Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico

Jose Luis Chavez, Planning PEMEX acquires new and Evaluation Manager, seismic data every year, gave a presentation about but needs specialists to but needs specialists to the PEMEX Southern Region: “Exploration tance of oil & gas in Mexico, he said. process and interpret. “Our diversi? ed and Production Projects and Opportunities, Mexican oil production, at 2.877MMb/d portfolio allows us to diversify risks” in th 2014-2018.” is 7 highest in the world, and 1P oil conventional and unconventional, deep- th

He explained that the South Region reserves are 13 . Although many ? elds water, and shale projects.

produces a diversity of hydrocarbons, are declining, Hernandez said he wants In 2013, the company drilled 672 with oil ranging from 20°-60° API gravity, to keep PEMEX crude oil production at development wells and 40 exploratory comprised of heavy Maya (3%), Istmo ~2.504MMb/d. wells, but still needs execution capac- (64%), and Olmeca (33%) crudes. The company’s main oil production ity, including drilling equipment. “The

The South Region also hosts 52 separa- comes from the Bay of Campeche: pri- activity is not enough yet,” he said, “but tion facilities, and 1395 operating wells. marily the Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) ? elds, it is exactly what this legislation seeks

Oil drilling began in 1953, and gas drill- followed by the Cantarell complex (in to accomplish. Together [with outside ing in 1958. production for 35 years as of June 23). companies] we will be able to explore the

Today, the region produces 482,000b/d Hernandez said PEMEX natural gas national territory.” th of oil and 1592 MMcf/d of natural gas. production, at 4.262MMcf/d, is 17 in PEMEX exploration strategy is focused

In 2014, PEMEX will drill 47 Mesozoic the world, and 1P gas reserves are 33rd. on extraction, he said, with more than wells in the region. PEMEX is decreasing The two major sources are the Burgos 55,000 workers to implement the work. use of pneumatic pumps and will install basin in northern Mexico and the off- Of the company’s top 21 exploration proj- electro-centrifugal pumps in more than shore Cantarell ? elds. ects, only eight are land-based, so there is 40 wells this year. It employs coiled tub- He said the PEP South Region is impor- cleary a major emphasis on offshore.

ing, foam, vapor, nitrogen, and gas injec- tant because of extensive infrastructure Hernandez reiterated that all work tion in secondary recovery operations, that enables low development costs is based on the three pillars of PEMEX: and will test air injection in the Mesozoic (US$6.84/bbl to produce in 2013, lowest Safety, Environmental Protection, and later this year. among IOCs and NOCs), and also because Sustainability.

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