- Sugar Loaf field
Infobox Oil field
name = Carioca/Sugar Loaf
country =Brazil
region =Latin America
coordinates =
locblock = BM S 21, 8 & 9
offonshore = Offshore
operators =Petrobras
partners = Galp Energia BG Group
caption =
discovery = 2007
startofproduction =
expectedabandonment =
currentproductionoil =
currentproductiongas =
estimatedstoiipoil = 25-40 Billion BOE
estimatedstoiipgas =
producingformations = pre-salt Aptian GuaratibaThe Carioca/Sugar Loaf field is a potential deepwateroil field in theAtlantic Ocean off the coast ofSão Paulo ,Brazil . The field is possibly part of an important emerging petroleum basin known as theSantos Basin . Two other large oil fields have been discovered in this basin in 2007 and 2008, the Tupi and Jupiter fields. The condition and size of the Carioca/Sugar Loaf field has yet to be clarified [ [http://www.agenciapetrobrasdenoticias.com.br/materia.asp?id_editoria=8&id_noticia=4769 Clarifications on the discovery in the Carioca area] ; [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/15/content_7978866.htm Brazil's Petrobras denies giant oil field discovery] ] , however there is speculation that it could contain between 25 and 40 billion barrels [ [http://www.worldoil.com/Magazine/MAGAZINE_DETAIL.asp?ART_ID=3450&MONTH_YEAR=Feb-2008 WorldOil.com - Online Magazine Article: Columns - Feb-2008 ] ] .References
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