Petrobras encountered the presence of light oil at well 3-BRSA-1296-SES in concession BM-SEAL-10, BlockSEAL-M-499 in the Sergpipe basin’s ultra deepwaters offshore Brazil.
According to Petrobras, the higher market value light oil has good reservoir porosity and permeability.
The well is located 94km off the Aracaju coast, 10km from the discovery well, at a water depth of 2988m, setting a new record for Brazilian offshore well depth, Petrobras said.
The well was drilled to a depth of 6060 m and is the third extension well in the Moita Bonita Area, discovered on August 2012, and is part of the Sergipe-Alagoas basin deepwater exploration project.
Petrobras holds a 100% interest in the block and will proceed with the discovery evaluation plan approved by Brazil´s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP).
In February, the company confirmed a light oil and gas discovery by at the 3-SES-186 well, the third extension well in the ultra deepwaters of Sergipe basin’s Farfan area, off Brazil.
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