Água Grande Oil and Gas Field (Bahia, Brazil)

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Água Grande Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Bahia, Brazil.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision
²If a country or region is known to not produce any hydrocarbons in an unconventional method, this production type is assumed to be conventional

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type2
Água Grande	Operating	3R Rio Ventura	3R Rio Ventura (100.0%)	1951	–	1951	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Água Grande Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters
million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	original volume in place	14425.39	million m³	2017	​
oil	original oil in place	728.99	million bbl	2017	​

Table 3: Production from Água Grande 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	16658.17	million m³	2020
cumulative production	oil	319	million bbl	2020
cumulative production	oil	320.26	million bbl	2023
cumulative production	gas	15747.82	million m³	2023
production	oil	0.46	million bbl/y	2023
production	oil	0.43	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	107.65	million m³/y	2023
production	gas	19.59	million m³/y	2023

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Água Grande Oil and Gas Field

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Recôncavo	Bahia, Brazil	Onshore	-12.371, -38.344 (exact)

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