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Búzios oil field

Brazilian offshore oil field

Field	Value
name	Búzios oil field
country
region	Santos Basin
location_map	Brazil
location_map_text	Location of the field in the Santos Basin
relief	1
block	BM-S-11
offonshore	Offshore
coordinates
operator	Petrobras
discovery	2010
oil_production_bbl/d	605600
production_year_oil	2024
est_oil_bbl	3058
formations	Guaratiba Group

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Búzios oil field is a large ultra-deepwater oil field located in the Santos Basin, about 230 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Originally named Franco oil field, it was the second largest pre-salt find in the basin since 2007, behind Tupi oil field, which holds between 5 and equivalent and is located just south of the Búzios oil field.

Etymology

The field was named after Búzios, Rio de Janeiro.

History

The field was discovered in May 2010 with an encounter of light oil which measured 30° API. It was also announced that Franco was not linked to Iara field located near the discovery.

Reservoir

Main article: Santos Basin#I - Guaratiba Group (Hauterivian-Aptian, pre-salt sequence)

The region the reservoir is located in is 200 km wide and 800 km long. down from an initial estimate of 4.5 e9oilbbl. The rock layer is 272 m thick which makes it less difficult for production. ANP official stated there was no gas discovered in the prospect, making the field more profitable and easier to develop.

References

Fabio Palmigiani. (2010-05-12). "Brazil's Franco prospect holds 4.5bn barrels". Upstream Online.
(2010-05-15). "Two big oil finds in a row for Brazil". Edmonton Journal.
Reese Ewing. (2010-05-14). "Brazil sees second major offshore oil discovery". [[Reuters]].
(2010-05-12). "Brazil: ANP's Santos Basin Franco presalt well holds recoverable reserves of 4.5 billion barrels". Energypedia News.
Peter Millard. (2010-05-14). "Brazil May Top Second Biggest Pre-Salt Find at Well". [[Bloomberg Businessweek]].
The pre-salt reservoir of the [[Guaratiba Group]] is located at a water depth of {{convert. 2000. m. ft. and under {{convert. 5000. m. ft. 3058. e6oilbbl. e6m3

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