Espirito Santo Oil & Natural Gas Yearbook 2021
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Chart 9 Quantity of declarations of hydrocarbon traces in Espírito Santo (in units)
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CHAPTER 2| EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OF OIL IN ESPÍRITO SANTO
Chart 10 Quantity of commerciality declaration in Espírito Santo (in units)
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2020
2021
20 tions of commer-
ciality
onshore declara-
37 tions of commer-
ciality
This was the number of
declarations issued in Espírito
Santo since 1998
2.3. Declarations of Commerciality
Since 1999, 50 declarations of com-
merciality have been issued in Es-
offshore declara- pírito Santo, 37 for onshore and 20
for offshore exploration. The first
offshore declaration was issued in
the Jubarte and Cachalote fields, in
2002. The highest frequency of is-
suance of declarations for offshore
production occurred in the period
between 2002 and 2006, with an an-
nual average of 4 declarations (chart
10). The oil companies responsible
were Petrobras and Shell Brasil. In
December 2021, the ANP approved
the declaration of commerciality for
the Wahoo field, at the request of
PetroRio. The Wahoo field is locat-
ed in the pre-salt layer, in the Espíri-
to Santo part of the Campos Basin.
Since 2008, Espírito Santo has not
registered a declaration of commer-
ciality at sea. The last one was is-
sued at the request of Petrobras for
the Camarupim Norte field.
2020
3 onshore declarations
were issued in the Suinda-
ra, Rio Mariricu and Garça
Branca fields.
2021
offshore declarations of
commerciality were issued
for the Wahoo field.
The first declaration on onshore
wells was issued in 2002, in the
Mosquito field, located in the
municipality of São Mateus. The
highest frequency of onshore dec-
larations of commerciality issued
occurred between 2007 and 2010,
with an annual average of 7 dec-
larations (chart 10). Petrobras was
the main oil company responsible
for issuing these declarations. In
2018, Petrobras issued a declara-
tion of commerciality for the Can-
cã Leste field, and in the following
year, no onshore declaration was
issued in the State. In 2020, 3 dec-
larations were issued for the fields
of Suindara, Rio Mariricu, and
Garça Branca. The oil companies
responsible for issuing relative
to these fields were, respectively,
BGM, Petrobras, and Petromais.
In more recent times, the low
number of issuance of declara-
tions of commerciality in Espírito
Santo signals a low number of
2.4. Oil and natural
gas reserves
In 2020, Brazilian oil reserves
reached 20.2 billion barrels, 7.2%
lower than in 2019. Espírito Santo
reached, in 2020, an oil reserve of
1.3 billion barrels of oil, 5.6% lower
than what was recorded in the pre-
vious year. With this drop, the State
becomes the third largest holder
of oil reserves in the country, after
São Paulo (2.1 billion barrels) and
Rio de Janeiro (16.0 billion barrels).
new oil and natural gas explora-
tion and production projects in
the State.
As for natural gas, in 2020 Brazil-
ian reserves reached 450.9 billion
m³, 17.9% lower than in 2019. In
Espírito Santo, the total reserves
reached 30.7 billion m3, 36.2% low-
er than in the previous year. With
this decrease, the State became
the third largest holder of natu-
ral gas reserves, after São Paulo
(37.7 billion m³) and Rio de Janeiro
(281.4 billion m³).
1.3
billion
barrels of oil is the reserve
of this input in Espírito San-
to in 2020, which places the
state in the 3rd position in
the national ranking
30.7
billion
m³ of natural gas is the re-
serve of this input in Espírito
Santo, which places the
state in the 3rd position in
the national ranking
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