Candeias Oil and Gas Field (Bahia, Brazil)

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Candeias Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Bahia, Brazil.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Candeias	operating^[1]	3R Bahia^[1]	3R Bahia SA [100%]^[2]	1941^[1]	–	1941^[1]	unconventional^[3]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Candeias Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
associated gas	volume in place	4567.71	million m³	2015	^[4]
condensate	volume in place	0.01	million bbl	2015	^[4]
gas	volume in place	5267.71	million m³	2024	^[5]
nonassociated gas	volume in place	400.0	million m³	2015	^[4]
oil	original oil in place	407.26	million bbl	2015	^[4]
oil	volume in place	407.61	million bbl	2024	^[5]

Table 3: Production from Candeias 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	6969.18	million m³	2020	^[6]
cumulative production	oil	110.0	million bbl	2020	^[6]
cumulative production	gas	6605.05	million m³	2023	^[7]
cumulative production	oil	111.34	million bbl	2023	^[7]
production	gas	58.4	million m³/y	2024	^[8]
production	oil	0.23	million bbl/y	2024	^[8]

Location

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


Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Reconcavo	Bahia, Brazil^[1]^[1]	onshore^[1]	-12.715, -38.542 (exact)^[1]^[1]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210831005758/http://www.anp.gov.br/images/planos_desenvolvimento/Candeias.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/centrais-de-conteudo/dados-estatisticos/arquivos-reservas-nacionais-de-petroleo-e-gas-natural/tabela-dados-bar-2024.xlsx/view. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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[autoref_2-3] Data4Good, Eclaircies, Reclaim Finance and LINGO (2025-10-28). "Carbon Bombs Data Download". Carbon Bombs. Archived from the original on 2025-10-28. Retrieved 2025-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[autoref_3-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210831005758/http://www.anp.gov.br/images/planos_desenvolvimento/Candeias.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_4-5] 5.0 ^5.1 https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/centrais-de-conteudo/dados-estatisticos/arquivos-reservas-nacionais-de-petroleo-e-gas-natural/tabela-dados-bar-2024.xlsx/view. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_5-6] 6.0 ^6.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20230313115221/https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/centrais-de-conteudo/publicacoes/boletins-anp/bmp/2020/2020-012-boletim.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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