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Near the Carioca well, one of the company’s key projects

Repsol makes new Brazilian offshore discovery

Press Release 26/01/2011 17:18
  • A discovery has been made in the Carioca Northeast well, in block BM-S-9, 275 kilometers from the Sao Paulo coast.
  • The well is in the Carioca exploratory area, one of the company’s key projects.
  • Preliminary analysis shows a reservoir of 200 metres containing high quality crude.
  • Brazil’s offshore is one of the world’s fastest-growing hydrocarbons reserves. 
  • Repsol Sinopec has 25% stake in the discovering consortium, in which Petrobras has 45% and is the operator and BG Group owns 30%. 

26 January 2011 - 00:00 CET | PDF | 27.07 KB