Gavião Preto Oil and Gas Field (Maranhão, Brazil)

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Gavião Preto Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in Maranhão, Brazil.

Gavião Preto Oil and Gas Field is also sometimes referred to as GVP.

Project Details

Main Data

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

¹Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID1 year	Production start year	Production type
Gavião Preto	Operating	Eneva	Eneva (100.0%)	2014	–	2022	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Gavião Preto Oil and Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	2p reserves	8230	million m³	2021	​

Table 3: Production from Gavião Preto 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	oil	0.0	million bbl	2023
cumulative production	gas	331.93	million m³	2023
production	oil	0.0	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	270.03	million m³/y	2023

Location

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

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Parnaíba	Maranhão, Brazil	Onshore	-4.65, -44.795 (exact)

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