CANTARELL FIELD

Introduction

Major oil fields have played an essential

role in the global hydrocarbon supply,
but the majority are now in decline.
The Cantarell macro-reserve has
produced significant volumes of
hydrocarbons and brought countless
benefits to the country, but starting in
2004, the exhaustion of the Cantarell
supply began to affect the oil
production platform.
LOCATION.

The cantarell complex is located

on the continental shelf of the
Gulf of Mexico along the coast of
Tabasco and Campeche
approximately 75 kilometers
northwest of Ciudad del Carmen,
Campeche, in water depths
ranging 35 to 50 meters.
LOCATION.

It consist of Akal, Nohoch,

Chac, and Kutz field located the
offshore geological province of
Coatzacoalcos.
The 4 fields extended over
162-square-kilometer area, well
spacing varies from 400 to 800
meters.
 LOCAL STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

Akal
The Akal structure is a faulted, asymmetric
anticline with northwest-to-southeast
orientation dipping smoothly to the south
and sharply to the north and northeast. It is
bounded to the west by a normal fault and
to the north and northeast by reverse fault.
LOCAL STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
Nohoch
The Nohoch structure is a slightly elongated anticline with the same
northwest-to-southeast orientation that is affected by a series of normal and
reverse faults on the west flank in the same direction.

Chac
The Chac structure is northwest-to-southeast trending structure nose truncated
by a normal fault that separates it from Nohoch fields.
LOCAL STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

Kutz
KUTZ is an elongated, anticlinal structure oriented
northwest to southeast. It is bounded by two faults parallel
to its axis: a reverse fault to the west and normal fault in
the east.
YEAR OF DISCOVERY AND START OF
PRODUCTION
The idea of the discovery did
not leave Cantarell alone. Ten
years after he discovered the
spot, an oil friend got him to
tell the story to Pemex. In
1971 he presented himself to
the Superintendent of
Exploitation in
Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz.
 The company's technicians confirmed the
presence of oil in the sea at the
site indicated by Rudesindo (about 70km
north of Ciudad del
Carmen). Its reward was that the deposit
bear its last name.

After several geological studies in 1974

the exploratory drillings were carried out
that resulted in the definition of the first
petroleum structures
 HOME PRODUCTION
Eight years after Cantarell shared his discovery with Pemex in June
1979, the site yielded its first commercial production.
 EXPLOITATION OF THE FIELD

On june 23, 1993 began the exploration

of the fields in cantarell , in that year, an
average production of 42 thousand
barrels a day per only Akal field.
 At the end of the 90s was implemented the secondary recovery.
in the year 2000, is started to inject in the deposit ones 1,200,000
m3 of nitrogen by day to keep the pressure in Cantarell.

Conclusions:
In conclusion Cantarell since its inception has been a priority
destination for investments in the oil industry due to its high
profitability due to its low operating costs and the wide
availability of oil and natural gas reserves. However, its
operations have been subject to governmental and corporate
decisions that have influenced its optimal exploitation.

Oil production at Cantarell will continue for at least the next two
decades, extending its decline process, which could be
attenuated with the use of technology aimed at expanding the
geological knowledge of the fields and their characterization.
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Romo Daniel, El campo petrolero Cantarell y la economa mexicana,

Revista Problemas del Desarrollo, 183 (46), octubre-diciembre 2015.

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