Equivalent to between two and four years of Spain’s oil and gas demand
Repsol estimates Brazils Guara field has reserves of between 1.1 billion and 2 billion barrels of oil and gas
Press Release09/09/2009 16:00
Repsol has a 25% stake in the consortium that discovered the Guara field, located offshore Sao Paulo.
Initial tests by operator Petrobras estimate recoverable volumes of between 1.1 and 2 billion barrels of light crude and natural gas.
Given the field’s potential, the consortium will install in 120,000 boe/d platform in Guara that will be the second operating field in the Santos Basin.
A new well will be drilled to evaluate the area more precisely.
In 2009 Repsol has made three discoveries in the Santos Basin, confirming the area as one of the company’s main growth vectors.
Repsol is the international oil company with most exploration rights in the Santos, Campos and Espiritu Santo basins, with 21 exploration blocks, of which 11 are Repsol-operated.