Bacalhau Norte Oil and Gas Field (São Paulo, Brazil)

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Bacalhau Norte Oil and Gas Field is a discovered oil and gas field in São Paulo, Brazil.

Along with Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field (São Paulo, Brazil), Bacalhau Norte is a part of the Bacalhau Oil and Gas Complex (Brazil). Bacalhau Norte Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Norte de Carcará.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Bacalhau Norte	Discovered^[1]	Equinor Brasil^[1]	Equinor Brasil (40.0%); ExxonMobil Brasil (40.0%); Petrogal Brasil (20.0%)^[1]	2012^[2]	–	2023 (expected)^[3]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Bacalhau Norte Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
gas	Resources	13988.39	million m³	2021	^[4]
liquids	Resources	941	million bbl	2021	^[4]

Location

Table 3: field-level location details for Bacalhau Norte Oil and Gas Field


Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
BM-S-8^[5]	Santos	São Paulo, Brazil^[2]	-25.334, -43.992 (exact)^[2]

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Bacalhau complex:

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Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of oil and gas extraction sites, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Oil and Gas Extraction Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "ANP, Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels Statistical Yearbook 2023". Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis. 45113. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "ANP Shapefile de Dados". Ministry of Mines and Energy. 2020. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221208043735/http://www.equinor.com/en/where-we-are/brazil.html. Archived from the original on 08 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Andrew Latham (2021) Giant fields of the decade: 2010–2020 . Report.
↑ https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-bacalhau-and-bacalhau-norte-formerly-carcara-12606120/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[ANP_Stat_2023_Frame_1.2-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "ANP, Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels Statistical Yearbook 2023". Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis. 45113. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[ANP_Shapefile_de_Dados-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "ANP Shapefile de Dados". Ministry of Mines and Energy. 2020. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.

[autoref_0-3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20221208043735/http://www.equinor.com/en/where-we-are/brazil.html. Archived from the original on 08 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[Latham2021-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Andrew Latham (2021) Giant fields of the decade: 2010–2020 . Report.

[autoref_1-5] ttps://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-bacalhau-and-bacalhau-norte-formerly-carcara-12606120/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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