Cherne Oil Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Cherne Oil Field is a mothballed oil field in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Cherne Oil Field

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Cherne	mothballed^[1]	Petróleo Brasileiro^[2]	Perenco Petróleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda [100%]^[1]	1978^[2]	–	1983^[2]	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Cherne Oil 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	6207.12	million m³	2024	^[3]
oil	volume in place	1003.33	million bbl	2024	^[3]

Table 3: Production from Cherne Oil Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil
Category	Fuel description	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
cumulative production	oil	299.0	million bbl	2020	^[4]
cumulative production	gas	3044.07	million m³	2023	^[5]
cumulative production	oil	298.88	million bbl	2023	^[5]

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Cherne Oil Field


Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Campos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil^[2]^[2]	offshore^[2]	-22.472, -40.496 (exact)^[2]^[2]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/assuntos/exploracao-e-producao-de-oleo-e-gas/dados-tecnicos/shapefile-de-dados. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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)
↑ (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)
↑ ^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-2023.xlsx/view. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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[autoref_1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/assuntos/exploracao-e-producao-de-oleo-e-gas/dados-tecnicos/shapefile-de-dados. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[autoref_2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 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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