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Revision as of 14:27, 21 April 2022

Summary Information

  • Operator: Equinor
  • Country: Brazil
  • Location: Located 185 km from the coast of the municipality of Ilhabela/SP, in the state of São Paulo
  • Production start: Expected 2024
  • Partners:
  • Type: Oil / Gas
  • Estimated Reserves:
  • Production Volume: phase 1 est 220,000 bpd

Description

  • The Bacalhau field is situated across two licenses, BM-S-8 and Norte de Carcará.
  • The development will consist of 19 subsea wells tied back to a floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) located at the field. This will be one of the largest FPSOs in Brazil with a production capacity of 220,000 barrels per day and two million barrels in storage capacity. The stabilized oil will be offloaded to shuttle tankers and the gas from Phase 1 will be re-injected in the reservoir.

Contractors

  • Modec: Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) and turnkey contractor for the FPSO

History

  • 2018 - MODEC was awarded a Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) contract for the FPSO
  • 2021 - Final investment decision

Geology

  • The resource is a high-quality carbonate reservoir, containing light oil with minimal contaminants

Links

  1. Final investment decision for Bacalhau phase 1 in Brazil