Tartaruga Verde Oil and Gas Field (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Tartaruga Verde 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 Tartaruga Verde Oil and Gas Field

*Final Investment Decision

Unit name	Status	Operator	Owner	Discovery year	FID* year	Production start year
Tartaruga Verde	Operating	Petrobras	Petrobras (50.0%); Petronas (50.0%)	2009	–	2014

Production and Reserves

Table 2: Reserves of Tartaruga Verde 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	original volume in place	17719.01	million m³	2015
oil	original oil in place	1680.83	million bbl	2015

Table 3: Production from Tartaruga Verde Oil and Gas Field

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	gas	104.87	million m³	2015
cumulative production	oil	9.75	million bbl	2015
production	oil	37.59	million bbl/y	2019

Location

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

Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	-22.959, -40.688 (exact)

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