Canto do Amaro Oil Field (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)

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Canto do Amaro Oil Field is an operating oil field in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Canto do Amaro Oil 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
Canto do Amaro	Operating	3R Potiguar	3R Potiguar (100.0%)	1985	–	1986	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Production from Canto do Amaro Oil 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	288	million bbl	2020
cumulative production	oil	295.54	million bbl	2023
cumulative production	gas	279.49	million m³	2023
production	oil	2.43	million bbl/y	2023
production	oil	2.21	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	1.62	million m³/y	2023
production	gas	6.26	million m³/y	2023

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Canto do Amaro Oil Field

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Potiguar	Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	Onshore	-5.115, -37.181 (exact)

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