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

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

Along with Buzios Eco Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Búzios is a part of the Búzios complex.

Búzios Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Franco, Búzios 1, Búzios 2, Búzios 3, Búzios 4.

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Búzios	Operating	Petrobras	Petrobras (100.0%)	2010	–	2018

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Búzios 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	1101988	million m³	2015
gas	Recoverable	9316.15	million m³	2023
oil	original volume in place	29889	million bbl	2015
oil	Recoverable	830	million bbl	2023

Table 3: Production from Búzios 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	12238.65	million m³	2020
cumulative production	oil	299	million bbl	2020
production	gas	5801.68	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	142.99	million bbl/y	2020
production	oil	209.88	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	826.84	million m³/y	2023
production	oil	205.47	million bbl/y	2022
production	gas	8412.59	million m³/y	2022

Location

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

Basin	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Santos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	-24.657, -42.498 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Búzios complex:

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