Being Cantarell Complex the most important oil field on Mexico and the sixth largest in the world, Pemex Exploration y Production (PEP) initiated a comprehensive program to increase reserves, through pressure maintenance by mitrogen injection. This will be an overview paper describing the process followed to select the new development program for Cantarell Field, based on geological, rservoir simulation and economical studies; a review of thoe original field development in late 1970's and early 1980's, and the surrent short term and long term development projects. A description is made to existing production and export facilities as well as existing wellhead platforms, production complexes and gas treating facilities. Several short term development projects are currently applied to debottleneck existing facilities, reduce gas flaring, increase storage capacity and export berths using Floating storage and Offlading vessles (FSO). Those projects are based on engineering studies, reviews of oil/gas spearation and gas compression facilities. Finally, sime long term projects were established to incease production handling capability and oil storage and exports. These projects cover a program to drill additional development wells, new wellhead platforms, new production complexes and new pipelines.
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