Chevron unveils Frade field development plans
Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, June 22 -- Chevron Corp., through its affiliate Chevron Frade LLC, and partners Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) and Frade Japao Petroleo Ltda. (FJPL), have agreed to develop Frade oil field in the Campos basin off Brazil.
Frade field is expected to begin production in late 2008 or early 2009, with production capacity of 100,000 b/d of oil and estimated peak production of 85,000 b/d of oil equivalent.
Chevron said the field, which lies in 3,500 ft of water, contains an estimated 200-300 million bbl of oil. The field is 75 miles off Rio de Janeiro state.
The development concept consists of horizontal production wells along with vertical water injection wells to maintain reservoir pressure.
The wells will be individually tied back to a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel. Oil export will be by tanker, while natural gas will be transported through the local gas pipeline.
Chevron, through affiliate Chevron Brasil Ltda., is operator of the field, holding a 51.74% working interest. Other stakeholders are Petrobras 30%, and FJPL (a joint venture of Inpex Holdings, Sojitz, and Japan Oil, Gas & Metals National Corp.) 18.26%.
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