Lagosta Field
25°11′S 45°00′W / 25.183°S 45.000°W / -25.183; -45.000Operator Petrobras, formerly El Paso Corp. Field history Discovery July 2003 Start of development 2009 Production Estimated oil in place 35.16 million barrels (~4.797×10^6 t) Estimated gas in place 173×10^9 cu ft (4.9×10^9 m3) Producing formations Itajaí-Açu Formation
Lagosta Field is an oil and gas field located in the Santos Basin of southeastern Brazil. The field was discovered in July 2003 and was operated by El Paso Corp. oil company, holding a 60% stake with Petrobras owning the other 40%.[1] Later, the field passed to Petrobras as operator. The field is estimated to contain 0.173 trillion cubic feet (4.9×10^9 m3) of gas,[2] and 35.16 million barrels (5.590×10^6 m3) of oil in the Itajaí-Açu Formation.[3] The field, located next to the Merluza Field, the first discovery in the Santos Basin in 1979, started development in 2009.[4]
See also
- Campos Basin
- Tupi oil field
References
Bibliography
- Vieira, Juliana (2007), Brazil Round 9 - Santos Basin (PDF), ANP, pp. 1–73, retrieved 2017-09-04 Archived 2017-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
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