Sugar Loaf field

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 deepwater oil field in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of São Paulo, Brazil. The field is possibly part of an important emerging petroleum basin known as the Santos 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 ] ] .

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