Gato do Mato Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Gato do Mato Oil and Gas Field is a discovered oil and gas field in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Gato do Mato Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as Gato de Mato.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Gato do Mato Oil and Gas 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
Gato do Mato	Discovered	Shell	Shell (50.0%); Ecopetrol S.A. (30.0%); TotalEnergies (20.0%)	2010	2025 (expected)	2029 (expected)	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Gato do Mato Oil and Gas Field

million boe = million barrels of oil equivalent

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
hydrocarbons	estimated resources	97	million boe	2023	​

Location

Table 3: Field-level location details for Gato do Mato Oil and Gas Field

Concession/Block	Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
BM-S-54	Santos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Offshore	-24.943, -43.075 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the field:

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