Proven Reserves (EIA)
303.8B bbl
#1 Global Ranking · OPEC
Extra-heavy & light sweet850 kbbl/d (2026)
🇻🇪 Country Spatial Intelligence · SmartView Engine
Venezuela Oil & Gas Map & Market Profile
Live geospatial intelligence covering Venezuela's upstream production and exploration blocks, the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt, Lake Maracaibo fields, refining complexes, pipeline networks, and Merey 16 benchmark pricing.
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Interactive Spatial Explorer & Basin Analytics
Charts and counters dynamically aggregate Venezuela vector features rendered inside the map viewport. Select a basin preset above or pan/zoom to inspect local wells, blocks, and trunklines.
📐 Largest Blocks by Area km²
Top production and exploration blocks in the current viewport (click any bar to zoom).
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Distribution by facility class and commodity in the active view.
🏢 Key Operators in View
Leading operating companies extracted from active blocks and facilities (click to locate on map).
📊 Crude Oil Production (EIA)
Annual output trend (kbbl/d) · Key operators: PDVSA, Chevron, Eni, Repsol.
🛢️ Merey 16 vs. Global Benchmarks
Live spot comparison (USD/bbl) reflecting heavy sour quality differentials.
Venezuela's Major Petroleum Basins
- Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt (Faja Petrolífera del Orinoco)
- Stretching across the southern Eastern Venezuela Basin (Boyacá, Junín, Ayacucho, and Carabobo blocks), the Orinoco Belt holds the world's largest accumulation of extra-heavy crude oil and bitumen (typically 8° to 10° API), upgraded or blended at the José Antonio Anzoátegui Industrial Complex.
- Maracaibo Basin (Lago de Maracaibo)
- Located in Zulia State in western Venezuela, this historic basin produces medium and light sweet-to-sour crudes alongside associated natural gas through extensive offshore lake platforms and coastal fields.
- Eastern Basin & Offshore Gas (Maturín & Mariscal Sucre)
- Encompassing Monagas and Anzoátegui states as well as offshore Caribbean and Atlantic blocks (including the giant Perla gas field in the Gulf of Venezuela and Dragon/Patao fields off the Paria Peninsula).
- Paraguaná Refining Complex (CRP)
- Situated on the Paraguaná Peninsula (Amuay and Cardón refineries) and complemented by El Palito and Puerto La Cruz, forming one of the largest installed refining hubs in the Western Hemisphere.
Merey 16 Benchmark & Market Dynamics
Merey 16 (~16° API, ~2.5% sulfur) is Venezuela's flagship export crude blend, produced by blending extra-heavy Orinoco crude with lighter domestic crudes or imported diluents/naphtha. Because it requires complex coking and hydrotreating units, Merey trades at a structural discount to light sweet benchmarks such as Brent and WTI.
Data Sources & Open License
Spatial layers on this page are dynamically extracted from the World Oil Map vector tileset, integrating official ministry concession delineations and the OGIM (Oil and Gas Infrastructure Mapping) Database licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0), filtered and visualized by World Oil Map.
Macroeconomic reserves and production series are sourced from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), while crude benchmark prices update every five minutes from the World Oil Map live market feed.
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