Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) logged 327 m of gross pay in the first of seven development wells it plans to drill in Manati gas-condensate field off Brazil’s Bahia state, reported Norse Energy Corp. ASA, a partner.
The PA29 jack up drilled the well to 1,650 m TD on Block B-CAM-40 in the Camamu and Almada basins.
The gross pay thickness, 80% of it net pay in Upper Jurassic Sergi, is 140 m greater than in the discovery well. The development well also encountered 15 m of gross pay above the main reservoir in a formation called Rio das Contas. Petrobras cut nine cores in the Sergi reservoir.
The P13 jack up is side-tracking a second Manati development well after encountering hole stability problems.
Petrobras estimates Manati reserves at 220 bcf of gas and 1.3 million bbl of condensate.
Petrobras is the operator of Block B-CAM-40 with 35% interest. Queiroz Galvão Perfuração holds 55% and Norse Energy 10%.
Meanwhile, Norway’s Statoil, which operates four Camamu basin blocks, plans to acquire 3,200 sq km of seismic data this year.
