Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field (São Paulo, Brazil)

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Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field is an in development oil and gas field in São Paulo, Brazil.

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Bacalhau	In development	Equinor Brasil	Equinor Brasil (40.0%); ExxonMobil Brasil (40.0%); Petrogal Brasil (20.0%)	2012	2021	2025 (expected)

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
gas	Resources	13988.39	million m³	2021
liquids	Resources	941	million bbl	2021

Location

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

Concession/Block	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
BM-S-8	São Paulo, Brazil	-25.472, -44.003 (exact)

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

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Background

In 2023, Bachalhau operator Equinor announced a one year delay to the start of production and is now expected to start in 2025. Philippe Francois Mathieu, the companies head of international operations told Reuters the delay was due to Covid 19 pandemic which slowed work.

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Additional data

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