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

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Marlim 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 Marlim Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Marlim	Operating	Petrobras	Petrobras (100.0%)	1985	–	1991

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Marlim Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
gas	original volume in place	75399.84	million m³	2015
oil	original oil in place	6509.63	million bbl	2015

Table 3: Production from Marlim 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	38075.81	million m³	2020
cumulative production	oil	2609	million bbl	2020
production	gas	113.88	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	9.93	million bbl/y	2020
production	oil	5.63	million bbl/y	2022
production	gas	91.21	million m³/y	2022

Location

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

Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Campos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	-22.424, -40.071 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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Background

In 2023, the production, storage and offloading vessel Anita Garibaldi started production at the Marlim field.

In 2022, Petrobras closed and removed a 50% stake in the Marlim field according to a securities filing, "Considering the alignment of concessions with the company's strategy and the improvement of its economic and financial indicators". The field was considered to be a difficult sell due to the high cost in the US$Billions and would have left Petrobras as the operator.

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