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New discover in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt
Rio de Janeiro, September 14 2009 – PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S/A – PETROBRAS announces a new discover in the Santos Basin pre-salt BM-S-9 concession area, in ultra-deep waters.
The well 4-SPS-66C (4-BRSA-723C), know as Abaré Oeste, proved the presence of oil and natural gas. It is located in the evaluation area of 1-SPS-50 (Carioca), some 290 km off the coast of the State of São Paulo (see the figure below), in 2,163 meters of water. This is the fourth well drilled in block BM-S-9 and the existence of hydrocarbons was proved in all of them.
The Block BM-S-9 is composed of two evaluation areas: the area of well 1-BRSA-594-SPS (1-SPS-55), known as Guará, and the area of well 1-BRSA-491-SPS (1-SPS-50), know as Carioca.
The discovery was proved via oil, natural gas and carbon gas content sampling via a cable test carried out in reservoirs located at depth of some 5150 m and analyses are being carried out with the samples that were recovered.
The Consortium, formed by Petrobras (45% - Operator), BG Group (30%), and Repsol (25%), will give continuity to the activities and investments that are required to assess this area pursuant to the Evaluation Plan approved by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP).
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