Bacalhau Oil and Gas Project (São Paulo, Brazil)

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Bacalhau Oil and Gas Project is an operating oil and gas project in São Paulo, Brazil.


The project consists of the following units:

Project Details

Main Data

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

1Final Investment Decision
Unit name Status Operator Owner Discovery year FID1 year Production start year Production type
Bacalhau operating[1] Equinor Brasil Energia[2] Equinor Brasil [40%]; Petrogal Brasil SA [20%]; ExxonMobil Brasil [40%][3][3][3] 2012[2] 2021[4] 2025[1] conventional[5]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Bacalhau Oil and Gas Project

million bbl = million barrels of oil
million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent
Fuel description Reserves classification Quantity Units Data year Source
hydrocarbons recoverable reserves 1000.0 million boe 2025 ​[6][1][3]
oil estimated recoverable reserves 1000.0 million bbl 2021 ​[4]

Table 3: Production from Bacalhau Oil and Gas Project

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year
Category Fuel description Quantity Units Data year Source
production design capacity oil 80.3 million bbl/y 2024 ​[7]

Location

Table 4: Project-level location details for Bacalhau Oil and Gas Project

Concession/Block Basin Location Onshore/Offshore Coordinates (WGS 84)
BM-S-8; Norte de Carcará[4] Santos São Paulo, Brazil[2][2] offshore[3][2] -25.4722, -44.0033 (exact)[2][2]

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.offshore-mag.com/production/news/55324183/equinor-starts-up-presalt-bacalhau-field-offshore-brazil. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://www.equinor.com/energy/bacalhau. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20230601120437/https://www.equinor.com/news/archive/20210601-final-investment-decision-bacalhau-phase1-brazil. Archived from the original on 01 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240108224930/https://www.offshore-technology.com/marketdata/oil-gas-field-profile-bacalhau-conventional-oil-field-brazil/. Archived from the original on 08 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220628180859/https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/equinor-exxon-develop-8-bln-brazilian-oilfield-2021-06-01/. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)