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

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Barracuda	Operating	Petrobras	Petrobras (100.0%)	1990	–	1997	Unconventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Barracuda Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
hydrocarbons	original volume in place	3053	million boe	2015	​

Table 3: Production from Barracuda 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	8839.03	million m³	2020
cumulative production	oil	619	million bbl	2020
cumulative production	oil	651.94	million bbl	2023
cumulative production	gas	8866.31	million m³	2023
production	gas	225.94	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	13.57	million bbl/y	2020
production	oil	6.61	million bbl/y	2022
production	gas	130.78	million m³/y	2022
production	oil	8.97	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	99.48	million m³/y	2023

Location

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

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Campos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Offshore	-22.564, -40.241 (exact)

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