Argonauta Oil and Gas Field (Espírito Santo, Brazil)

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Argonauta Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Along with Abalone Oil and Gas Field (Espírito Santo, Brazil) and Ostra Oil and Gas Field (Espírito Santo, Brazil), Argonauta Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Parque das Conchas complex.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Argonauta 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
Argonauta	Operating	Shell Brasil	Shell Brasil (50.0%); ONGC Campos (27.0%); Qatarenergy (23.0%)	2000	–	2010	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Argonauta 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	14445.31	million m³	2015	​
oil	original oil in place	1520.86	million bbl	2015	​

Table 3: Production from Argonauta 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	253.37	million m³	2015
cumulative production	oil	31.62	million bbl	2015
cumulative production	oil	109.7	million bbl	2023
cumulative production	gas	1015.79	million m³	2023
production	oil	8.46	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	58.65	million m³/y	2023

Location

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

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
BC-10	Campos	Espírito Santo, Brazil	Offshore	-21.205, -39.853 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Parque das Conchas complex:

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