Cachalote Oil Field

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Summary Information

  • Operator: Petrobras
  • Country: Brazil
  • Location: Campos Basin
  • Production start: 2010
  • Partners:
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume:

+++ Description

  • The field utilises the vessel Capixaba FPSO
  • Capixaba FPSO is capable of producing 100,000 barrels of oil and 3.5 million cubic meters of gas per day (bopd) with a storage capacity of two million barrels.

+++ Contractors

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+++ History

  • 2002 - Cachalote Oil Field discovered
  • 2008 - Contract signed for FPSO
  • 2010 - First oil produced

+++ Geology

+++ Links

  1. SBM Offshore Books A New Lease Order For Petrobras Cachalote Field
  2. FPSO Capixaba begins to operate in the Cachalote Field