Mexilhão Oil and Gas Field (São Paulo, Brazil)

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Mexilhão Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in São Paulo, Brazil.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Mexilhão	Operating	Petrobras	Petrobras (100.0%)	2001	–	2011

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Mexilhão Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel Description	Reserve Classification	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
condensate	original volume in place	56.67	million bbl	2015
gas	original volume in place	76340	million m³	2015

Table 3: Production from Mexilhão Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
cumulative production	condensate	6.92	million bbl	2015
cumulative production	gas	22267.55	million m³	2020

Location

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

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
São Paulo, Brazil	-24.476, -44.18 (exact)

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