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

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
Tartaruga Verde	Operating	Petrobras	Petrobras (50.0%); Petronas (50.0%)	2009	–	2014	Conventional

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	Reserves 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 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	gas	104.87	million m³	2015
cumulative production	oil	9.75	million bbl	2015
cumulative production	oil	165.9	million bbl	2023
cumulative production	gas	1925.27	million m³	2023
production	oil	37.59	million bbl/y	2019
production	oil	19.75	million bbl/y	2023
production	gas	153.95	million m³/y	2023

Location

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

Basin	Location	Onshore/Offshore	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Campos	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Offshore	-22.959, -40.688 (exact)

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