As you may have heard, Petrobras recently completed the drilling of the Naru well (1-BRSA-1376D-RJS) in block C-M-657 of the ultra-deep waters of the Campos Basin, announcing indications of hydrocarbons earlier this week. This is certainly positive news, as the findings prove that hydrocarbons reached the area and a reservoir
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Petrobras has completed formation tests in the Jupiter pre-salt exploration area located in the Santos Basin, confirming the asset’s potential for excellent productivity and high added-value oil. According to the oil major, the formation tests carried out were responsible for analyzing the pre-salt carbonate reservoirs in the Apollonia well (3-BRSA-1246-RJS), located about
Total announced yesterday (7) that it had notified its partners last month that it is resigning from its role of operator of five exploration blocks in the Foz do Amazonas Basin. The company said that it has already notified ANP of its decision to give up operatorship of the blocks,
Since we first made note of it in Round 9 of our Weekly BPS newsletter in December of last year, Petrobras has gradually announced what is now Brazil’s largest divestment program of hydrocarbon exploration and production assets since 2015. The divestments are spread across several basins, including Potiguar, Espírito Santo,
In order for our clients to gain a better understanding of the geology and petroleum systems around Brazilian, we are preparing extensive regional evaluation reports for inclusion in the BPS Geodatabase. Many of the reports have already been uploaded as petroleum systems charts that provide a full summary of the geological history, as well
As part of our continuous efforts to improve the BPS Geodatabase and provide our subscribers with a dynamic knowledge-based exploration tool, 10 new wells with in-depth oil geochemistry analysis are slated for inclusion this week. The results are currently passing through quality-control checks and interpretation before being uploaded and published under the Change Log.
Over the last 15 months, 75 wells have been drilled in the Santos, Campos and Espírito Santo basins, including 13 exploration wells. The drilling of new exploration wells can be seen as the rebirth of exploration in the pre-salt province. During the downturn in the oil industry in 2014-2018, only
We are excited to announce we have now integrated GOR and CO2 maps into the platform, fluid properties that are essential to understanding exploration potential in offshore Brazil. When integrated with our massive geochemical and reservoir datasets, they become a key tool in validating petroleum system evaluations and O&G expectations, especially in the areas
Beyond the mapping of our massive collection of geochemical data, our new BPSMAPS project also aims to add fundamental reservoir maps that show the distribution of the quality and presence attributes of the reservoirs along the Brazilian basins. The newest set of maps added this week includes porosity, net-to-gross and net
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