Atapu Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Atapu Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Along with Atapu Eco Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Norte Atapu (non-contracted area) Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Oeste de Atapu Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and P-84 Oil and Gas Phase (Brazil), Atapu Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Atapu Project.

Atapu Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Iara.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Atapu Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Atapu	operating^[1]	Petróleo Brasileiro^[1]	Petróleo Brasileiro SA [100%]^[2]	2013^[1]	–	2015^[1]	unconventional^[3]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Atapu Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	volume in place	83496.2	million m³	2024	^[4]
oil	recoverable reserves	2141.2	million bbl	2018	^[5]
oil	volume in place	3141.0	million bbl	2024	^[4]

Table 3: Production from Atapu Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year
million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	gas	3004.84	million m³	2023	^[6]
cumulative production	oil	85.31	million bbl	2023	^[6]
production	gas	540.2	million m³/y	2020	^[7]
production	oil	15.28	million bbl/y	2020	^[7]
production	gas	1565.58	million m³/y	2022	^[3]
production	oil	43.18	million bbl/y	2022	^[3]
production	gas	1709.47	million m³/y	2023	^[8]
production	oil	46.1	million bbl/y	2023	^[8]
production	gas	1733.75	million m³/y	2024	^[8]
production	oil	46.63	million bbl/y	2024	^[8]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Atapu Oil and Gas Field


Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Santos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil^[1]^[1]	offshore^[1]	-24.952, -42.469 (exact)^[1]^[1]

The map below shows the exact location of Atapu Oil and Gas Field:

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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