Well 2-ANP-1-RJS has recoverable volume of 4.5 billion barrels

abarrelfull wrote on 30 Jul 2013 13:50
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12/05/2010

The estimate of the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) is well 2-ANP-1-RJS, Which is being drilled to Increase knowledge about the pre-salt, Indicates recoverable volumes of about 4.5 billion barrels of oil in the prospectus called Franco. The well was drilled in the prospectus about 400 km 2 and detected the column with 272 m thick with effective oil. Considered The Same The evaluation standards ADOPTED calculations for the Tupi accumulation, Petrobras.

According to the director general of the ANP, Haroldo Lima, "seems to address one of the greatest potential wells already drilled in the country." According to Lima, the discovery reinforces the optimism of the Brazilian government Regarding the potential of the pre-salt area, located in the Campos and Santos.

The drill, Which Is being made ​​to 195 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in water depths of 2,189 m, has proven the discovery of light oil with about 30 ° API, 41 km northeast of structure called Iara. The ANP is studying the opportunity to make the immediate formation tests to VERIFY the productivity of the well 2-ANP-1-RJS.

The ANP has already started the drilling of the second well, 2-ANP-2-RJS, located 32 km east-northeast of this first discovery, the prospectus called Pound and Utilizing NS-21 (Ocean Clipper).

• Well 2-ANP-1-RJS has recoverable volume of 4.5 billion barrels

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