Boscán Fieldの英語

The Boscán Oil Field is located 40 km southwest of Maracaibo, Venezuela, and covers an area of about 660 square kilometers. The field produces a 10.5 degree API gravity crude oil from the Eocene Misoa Formation locally called the Boscán Formation. The field was discovered in 1946 with drilling of the Zulia 7F-1 well (renamed BN-257) which tested 730 barrels per day (116 m³/d)). This well encountered reservoir section very close to the Boscán bounding fault at about 5,900 feet (1,800 m) measured depth (MD). Production began in 1947.