Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
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Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field is a shut in oil and gas field in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Along with Bacalhau Norte Oil and Gas Field (São Paulo, Brazil), Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field is a part of the Bacalhau Oil and Gas Complex (São Paulo, Brazil). Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Carcará.
Project Details
Main Data
Table 1: Field-level project details for Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field
| Unit name | Status | Operator | Owner | Discovery year | FID1 year | Production start year | Production type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacalhau | Shut in[1] | Equinor Brasil[2] | Equinor Brasil (40.0%); ExxonMobil Brasil (40.0%); Petrogal Brasil (20.0%)[3][2] | 2012[4] | 2021[5] | 2025 (expected)[6][3][5] | Unconventional[5] |
Production and Reserves
Table 2: Reserves of Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field
| Fuel description | Reserves classification | Quantity | Units | Data year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gas | Resources | 13988.39 | million m³ | 2021 | [7] |
| liquids | Resources | 941 | million bbl | 2021 | [7] |
Table 3: Production from Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field
| Category | Fuel description | Quantity | Units | Data year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cumulative production | oil | 0.02 | million bbl | 2023 | [8] |
| cumulative production | oil | 0.03 | million bbl | 2023 | [8] |
| cumulative production | gas | 1.15 | million m³ | 2023 | [8] |
| cumulative production | gas | 1.0 | million m³ | 2023 | [8] |
| production | oil | 0 | million bbl/y | 2023 | [1] |
| production | oil | 0 | million bbl/y | 2023 | [1] |
| production | gas | 0 | million m³/y | 2023 | [1] |
| production | gas | 0 | million m³/y | 2023 | [1] |
| production design capacity | Crude oil and condensate | 76.65 | million bbl/y | 2027 | [9] |
| production design capacity | oil | 80.3 | million bbl/y | 2025 | [10] |
Location
Table 4: Field-level location details for Bacalhau Oil and Gas Field
| Concession/Block | Location | Onshore/Offshore | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BM-S-8[11] | Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil[4] | Offshore[12] | -25.472, -44.003 (exact)[4] |
The map below shows the exact location of the field(s) within the Bacalhau complex:
Background
In 2023, Bachalhau operator Equinor announced a one year delay to the start of production and is now expected to start in 2025. Philippe Francois Mathieu, the companies head of international operations told Reuters the delay was due to Covid 19 pandemic which slowed work.[13]
Articles and Resources
Additional Data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Lista de Tabelas em Excel - 2023:". Ministério de Minas e Energia. 2023. Archived from the original on November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ANP, Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels Statistical Yearbook 2023". Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis. 45113. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221221164004/https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/bacalhau-oil-field-santos-basin-brazil/. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "ANP Shapefile de Dados". Ministry of Mines and Energy. 2020. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20231019043250/https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-norway-stateless/2023/10/5e5e07a5-greenpeace-nordic_report-truth-about-equinors-global-projects_101023_web.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221208043735/http://www.equinor.com/en/where-we-are/brazil.html. Archived from the original on 08 December 2022.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 Andrew Latham (2021) Giant fields of the decade: 2010–2020 . Report.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Ministério de Minas e Energia (2023). "Tabela Dados Bar 2023". Ministério de Minas e Energia. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ GlobalData (45532). "Global top ten upcoming oil fields". Offshore Technology. Archived from the original on 45561. Retrieved 45561.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=,|date=, and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (2024). "World Oil Outlook 2050". OPEC. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://www.woodmac.com/reports/upstream-oil-and-gas-bacalhau-and-bacalhau-norte-formerly-carcara-12606120/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Natural Earth. 45078 https://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-physical-vectors/10m-ocean/. Archived from the original on June 29, 2023. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Startup of Equinor's Bacalhau field off Brazil delayed until 2025". Retrieved 2024-02-20.
