Perla gas field is a giant offshore gas field in the
Gulf of Venezuela
The Gulf of Venezuela is a gulf of the Caribbean Sea bounded by the Venezuelan states of Zulia and Falcón and by La Guajira Department, Colombia. The western side is formed by the Guajira Peninsula. A strait connects it with Maracaibo Lake t ...
. It is located south of Gela field, about offshore at the Cardon IV block in water depths about .
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The field was discovered in 1976. Exploration activities were carried out in 2009. The Pearl-1 well, drilled by the
jack-up rig
A jackup rig or a self-elevating unit is a type of mobile platform that consists of a buoyant Hull (watercraft), hull fitted with a number of movable legs, capable of raising its hull over the surface of the sea. The buoyant hull enables transport ...
''Ensco 68'', encountered a hydrocarbon column with a production capacity of about of gas and of gas condensate. Perla-2 produced of gas and of condensate, Perla-3produced of gas and of condensate, and Perla-4 produced of gas and of condensate.
[ In total, it is expected to hold more than of natural gas.][
At the phase I light offshore platforms will be installed to utilise the wells already drilled. A pipeline will be installed to a central processing facility located onshore. The phase I is expected to cost of US$1.4 billion.][
The field will be developed by consortium of Repsol YPF (50%) and Eni (50%) .][
] The front-end loading Front-end loading (FEL), also referred to as pre-project planning (PPP), front-end engineering design (FEED), feasibility analysis, conceptual planning, programming/schematic design and early project planning, is the process for conceptual developme ...
will be carried out by Foster Wheeler. The field is expected to come onstream by the first half of 2013.[ The development contract will be in force until 2036.][
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Natural gas fields in Venezuela