Júpiter Field

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.

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 m3)
Producing formations	Barremian-Lower Aptian Guaratiba Group

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.

See also

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

References

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