Albacora Leste Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Albacora Leste 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 Albacora Leste 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
Albacora Leste	Operating	Petro Rio Jaguar Petróleo S.A.	Petro Rio Jaguar Petróleo S.A. (90.0%); Repsol Sinopec (10.0%)	1986	–	1998	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Albacora Leste 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	57690.02	million m³	2015	​
oil	volume in place	4136.56	million bbl	2015	​

Table 3: Production from Albacora Leste 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	6629.27	million m³	2020
cumulative production	oil	432	million bbl	2020
cumulative production	oil	412.25	million bbl	2023
cumulative production	gas	8119.74	million m³	2023
production	oil	10.59	million bbl/y	2022
production	oil	5.08	million bbl/y	2023
production	oil	4.49	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	67.81	million m³/y	2023
production	gas	37.0	million m³/y	2023

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Albacora Leste Oil and Gas Field

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Campos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Offshore	-22.111, -39.746 (exact)

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Background

In January 2023, Petrobras sold its stake of Albacora Leste Field to PetroRio, a subsidiary of PetroRio Jaguar Petróleo for $1.635 billion with an additional $292.7 million at the initial signing of the agreement in August 2022. Future payments are expected and contingent on Brent Crude prices.

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Additional Data

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