Equinor starts production at Bacalhau field offshore Brazil
Equinor is now producing oil and gas from Bacalhau field in Brazil's Santos basin presalt. The field is estimated to hold over 1 billion boe recoverable reserves.
Equinor started production from Bacalhau field in the Santos basin pre-salt offshore Brazil through the 220,000 b/d Bacalhau FPSO, which measures 370 m in length and 64 m in width.
Equinor started production from Bacalhau field in the Santos basin presalt offshore Brazil.
The field has more than 1 billion boe recoverable reserves and is the largest international offshore field ever developed by Equinor.
Production is via a floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) measuring 370 m in length and 64 m in width, with a production capacity of 220,000 bo/d.
Equinor is operator at Bacalhau with 40% interest. Partners are ExxonMobil 40%, Petrogal Brasil 20%, and Pré-sal Petróleo SA (government company, PSA manager).
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
