Iracema Oil Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Iracema Oil Field is an operating oil field in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Iracema Oil Field is also sometimes referred to as Cernambi.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Iracema	operating	–	Shell PLC [25%]; Petrogal Brasil SA [10%]; Petróleo Brasileiro SA [65%]	–	–	2010	conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Iracema Oil Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	recoverable reserves	8300.0	million bbl	2010	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Iracema Oil Field

Concession/Block	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
BM-S-11	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	offshore	-24.6499, -43.4723 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the field:

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Additional Data

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