The Orinoco Belt is a territory in the southern strip of the eastern Orinoco River Basin in Venezuela which overlies the world's largest deposits of petroleum...

extracted by surface mining. Estimates of the recoverable reserves of the Orinoco Belt range from 100 billion barrels (16×10^9 m3) to 270 billion barrels (43×10^9 m3)...

The Orinoco (Spanish pronunciation: [oɾiˈnoko]) is one of the longest rivers in South America at 2,140 km (1,330 mi). Its drainage basin, sometimes known...

southwest. To the east the Orinoco wetlands and Orinoco Delta swamp forests occupy the Orinoco Delta. The Llanos' main river is the Orinoco, which runs from west...

Venezuela's proven reserves jumped in the late 2000s when the heavy oil of the Orinoco Belt was judged economic. Sources sometimes differ on the volume of proven...

in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt. As one of the world's largest accumulations of recoverable oil, the recent discoveries in the Orinoco Belt have led to Venezuela...

condensate. At room temperature, it is much like cold molasses. The Orinoco Belt in Venezuela is sometimes described as oil sands, but these deposits...

oil in the world were located north of the Orinoco river, in the 270-mile long by 40-mile wide Orinoco Belt, in eastern Venezuela. At that time Venezuela...

Look up Orinoco in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Orinoco is a river in Venezuela and Colombia. Orinoco may also refer to: Orinoco Belt, an oil...

Petroboscán, in the west of the nation, and Petropiar, in the eastern Orinoco Belt, with a production capacity of close to 180,000 barrels per day between...

approximately equal to the world's reserves of conventional oil. Venezuela's Orinoco Belt tar sands are less viscous than Canada's Athabasca oil sands – meaning...

occurs naturally and is obtained from the world's largest deposit in the Orinoco Belt in Venezuela. The deposit is estimated to be more than 1,300 billion...

sources, such as bitumen in Athabasca oil sands and extra heavy oil in the Orinoco Belt. While significant volumes of oil are extracted from oil sands, particularly...

spill Orinoco Belt Mining in Venezuela Decreto N° 2.248, mediante el cual se crea la Zona de Desarrollo Estratégico Nacional "Arco Minero del Orinoco" "El...

petroleum basins of Barinas-Apure and the Oriental, which includes the Orinoco Belt, also the coal-basins of Guárico and Anzoátegui. Although it does not...

Oriente is located in Jose. The largest proportion of the so-called "Orinoco Belt" is located in the south of the state, constituting the largest oil reserve...

whose population would be 291,472 inhabitants. Since the appointment of Orinoco Belt as one of the largest reserves of oil in the world, El Tigre has become...

minerals. The Orinoco Mining Arc covers an area of 111 843,70 km2, 12,2 % of the Venezuelan territory and doubling that of the Orinoco Belt. The Academy...

country include Bolivar Coastal Field, Boscán Field, Maracaibo Basin and Orinoco Belt. In 2023, Venezuela held the world's largest proven oil reserves at 303...

200 km3)) Venezuela Deltana Platform (6×10^12 cu ft (170 km3)); see also: Orinoco Belt Perla gas field (14×10^12 cu ft (400 km3)) Vietnam Baovang (11×10^12 cu ft...

current technology. The main deposits are located in the Orinoco Belt in central Venezuela (Orinoco tar sands), some deposits are also found in the Maracaibo...

billion barrels (3.74×1010 m3) of tar-like extra heavy crude oil in the Orinoco Belt region, Venezuela claims to hold the largest hydrocarbon reserves in...

SA (PDVSA), worth around $4.5 billion, for a drilling project in the Orinoco Belt, the world's largest crude oil reserve. After complaints from PDVSA's...

branded "Orimulsion." It is an emulsion of natural bitumen mined from the Orinoco Belt and fresh water. Bitumen-based fuel is currently used as a commercial...

Petroboscán, in the west of the nation, and Petropiar, in the eastern Orinoco Belt, with a production capacity of close to 180,000 barrels per day between...

the world's biggest oil companies of operational control over massive Orinoco Belt crude projects, a controversial component in President Hugo Chávez's...

day he announced intentions to re-take control of oil projects in the Orinoco Belt, which he said are "the world's largest crude reserve". These reserves...

produced 960,000 BPD. Wills Rangel, a former director of PDVSA, said the Orinoco Belt has not yet recovered from the blackouts; cleaning or repairing pipes...

level of Maracaibo Basin oil production will decrease, while that of the Orinoco Belt and its massive bitumen deposits will increase. Venezuela portal Energy...

the 2000s, when Athabasca oil sands (Canada) and the heavy oil of the Orinoco Belt (Venezuela) were reclassified from (physically in place) ressource to...