Júpiter Field

Júpiter
Location of the field in the Santos Basin
Country	Brazil
Region	Santos Basin
Block	BM-S-24
Offshore/onshore	Offshore
Coordinates	25°40′15″S 41°10′20″W
Operator	Petrobras
Partners	Galp Energia
Field history
Discovery	Jan 2008
Production
Estimated oil in place	1,600 million barrels (~2.2×10^^8 t)
Estimated gas in place	17,000×10^^9 cu ft (480×10^^9 m^3)
Producing formations	Barremian-Lower Aptian Guaratiba Group

On January 21, 2008, Petrobras announced the discovery of the Júpiter Field, a huge natural gas and condensate (very light oil) field which could equal the Tupi oil field in size (5-8 billion BOE). It is located in the Santos Basin, 37 km (23 mi) east of Tupi, 5,100 m (16,730 ft) below the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in a water depth of 2,187 m (7,175 ft), 290 km (180 mi) from Rio de Janeiro.[1]

Description

The main reservoir of Júpiter is the pre-salt Guaratiba Group. The field is estimated to contain 1,600 million barrels (250 million cubic metres) of oil and 17 trillion cubic feet (480 billion cubic metres) of gas.^[citation needed]

See also

• Campos Basin
• Iara oil field
• Iracema oil field
• Tupi oil field

References

1. BBC NEWS, 'Huge' oil field found off Brazil

Bibliography

• Juarez Feijó, Fávio (2013), "Santos Basin: 40 Years from Shallow to Deep to Ultra-Deep Water" (PDF), Search and Discovery, 10553: 1–49, retrieved 2017-09-04