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%.
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