Caratinga Oil Field
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Summary Information
- Operator: Petrobras
- Country: Brazil
- Location: Campos Basin
- Production start: 1997
- Partners:
- Type: Oil & Gas
- Estimated Reserves:
- Production Volume:
+++ Description
- The Caratinga field was discovered in 1994 in water depths ranging from 2,850 to 4,455 ft (850 to 1,350 m) in the Campos Basin
- The field has a total of 20 wells, which includes 12 production and 8 injection wells
- The field has the Caratinga P-48 FPSO with a daily production capacity of 150,000 barrels, and 6 million cubic metres of gas, and a storage capacity of 2 million barrels of oil
+++ Contractors
- **Keppel:** FSPO conversion contract
- **FMC Technologies:** EPC for subsea trees and connections
+++ History
- 1994 - Caratinga Oil Field discovered
- 1997 - Pilot project began producing
- 2001 - Keppel awarded FSPO contract
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