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

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

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

Buzios 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 Buzios Oil and Gas Field

¹Final Investment Decision
Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID¹ year	Production start year	Production type
Buzios	Operating^[1]	Petrobras^[2]	Petrobras (100.0%)^[3]	2010^[4]	–	2018^[5]	Unconventional^[6]

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Buzios 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	1101988	million m³	2015	^[2]
gas	Recoverable	9316.15	million m³	2023	^[7]
oil	original volume in place	29889	million bbl	2015	^[2]
oil	Recoverable	830	million bbl	2023	^[7]

Table 3: Production from Buzios 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	^[8]
cumulative production	oil	299	million bbl	2020	^[8]
cumulative production	oil	562.78	million bbl	2023	^[9]
cumulative production	gas	22147.09	million m³	2023	^[9]
production	gas	5801.68	million m³/y	2020	^[8]
production	oil	142.99	million bbl/y	2020	^[8]
production	oil	209.88	million bbl/y	2023	^[7]
production	gas	826.84	million m³/y	2023	^[7]
production	oil	205.47	million bbl/y	2022	^[6]
production	gas	8412.59	million m³/y	2022	^[6]
production	oil	57.31	million bbl/y	2023	^[6]
production	gas	1675.32	million m³/y	2023	^[6]

Location

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


Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Santos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil^[1]	Offshore^[10]	-24.657, -42.498 (exact)^[1]

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

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Articles and Resources

Additional Data

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References

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