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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Albacora Leste	Operating	PRIO	PRIO (90.0%); Repsol Sinopec (10.0%)	1986	–	1998

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	Reserve 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 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
production	oil	10.59	million bbl/y	2022

Location

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

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	-22.111, -39.746 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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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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