Xerelete Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Total
- Country: Brazil
- Location: Campos Basin
- Production start:
- Partners: Total, Petrobras, BP
- Type: Oil
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Xerelete field, located around 250 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, was discovered in 2001 in water depths of 2,400 meters and contains relatively heavy oil (17° to 20° API). A pre-Salt prospect has also been identified below the Xerelete structure, which lies around 40 kilometers west of the recently announced Pão de Açucar discovery
+++ Contractors
- **Vallourec:** Supply of pipes
+++ History
- 2001 - Xerelete Oil Field discovered
- 2007 - A new deposit of pre-salt oil was discovered under the existing field
- 2012 - Total takes operatorship of Xerelete block
+++ Geology
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