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

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

Project Details

Main Data

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

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Caratinga	Operating	–	Petrobras (100.0%)	1994	–	1997

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Caratinga 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	recoverable reserves	4000	million m³	2002
oil	recoverable reserves	362	million bbl	2002

Table 3: Production from Caratinga Oil and Gas Field

million m³/y = million cubic meters per year

million bbl/y = million barrels of oil per year

million bbl = million barrels of oil

Category	Fuel Description	Quantity	Units	Data Year	Source
cumulative production	oil	309	million bbl	2020
production	gas	81.76	million m³/y	2020
production	oil	2.9	million bbl/y	2020
production	oil	1.39	million bbl/y	2022
production	gas	35.15	million m³/y	2022

Location

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

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	-22.671, -40.245 (exact)

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