Atapu Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Atapu Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Along with Norte Atapu (non-contracted area) Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Oeste de Atapu Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and Atapu Eco Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Atapu Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Iara, Atapu complex.

Atapu Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Iara.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Atapu	Operating	Petrobras	Petrobras (100.0%)	2013	–	2020	Unconventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Atapu Oil and Gas Field

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
oil	recoverable reserves	2141.2	million bbl	2018	​

Table 3: Production from Atapu 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	oil	85.31	million bbl	2023
cumulative production	gas	3004.84	million m³	2023
production	gas	540.2	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	15.28	million bbl/y	2020
production	oil	43.18	million bbl/y	2022
production	gas	1565.58	million m³/y	2022
production	oil	16.15	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	388.35	million m³/y	2023

Location

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

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Santos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Offshore	-24.952, -42.469 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Iara, Atapu complex:

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