Identificación del tipo de petróleo de la región amazónica ecuatoriana mediante su origen y composición química

Abstract

The objective of this work is to identify the type of oil in four provinces of the Ecuadorian Amazon region through its origin and chemical composition, for which an analysis of data from EP Petroecuador and Petroamazonas EP was carried out, as well as studies carried out on the physical-chemical characterization of oil in the Amazon. It was determined that the origin of crude oil in the Amazon is due to the presence of a sub-Andean basin called the Eastern Basin. In the province of Sucumbíos, the existence of medium crude from 24 to 28º API and sour with a sulfur percentage >1 was identified. The province of Napo has extra heavy-sour oil with 7.6º API and 2.229% sulfur. The oil from the province of Pastaza proved to be heavy and sour crude with 17.7º API, with a very high content of asphaltenes and metals such as: Iron (Fe) and Copper (Cu). In addition, in the province of Morona Santiago there are extraction blocks without allocation.