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2023/24 – Exxon projects Carcara start

Start date: 2024
Location: Brazil – pre-salt Carcara field

Exxon expects start up Carcara in 2023/24. The block is held 36.5% Exxon and Equinor, Petrogal Brasil 17% and Barra Energia 10%. The Carcara field is estimated to contain 2 billion barrels of high quality oil. (source: Exxon data, accessed 2020-01-02)

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Brazil Exploration

Apr. 2018 – Buzios 1st flow

Start date: April 2018

Location: Brazil

Projected output of 3.06 billion barrels of oil equivalent from the field. Field first discovered in 2010. Field developed using four floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. A fifth FPSO expected to be installed at the field. Field covers 416 kms2 and located 200 kms off Rio de Janeiro at depth between 1600-2100m. (source: offshore-technology.com, accessed 2020-01-01)