Tambaú Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Tambaú Gas Field is an operating gas field in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Project Details

Main Data

Table 1: Field-level project details for Tambaú 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
Tambaú	Operating	–	Petrobras (100.0%)	2002	–	2012	Conventional

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Tambaú Gas Field

million m³ = million cubic meters

Fuel description	Reserves classification	Quantity	Units	Data year	Source
gas	reserves	50969.84	million m³	2006	​

Table 3: Production from Tambaú 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	0.15	million bbl	2023
cumulative production	gas	714.79	million m³	2023
production	oil	0.0	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	13.74	million m³/y	2023

Location

Table 4: Field-level location details for Tambaú Gas Field

Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Offshore	-24.16, -42.698 (exact)

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