By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 6 -- Petrobras America Inc. on Feb. 4 began producing from the first well in the Cottonwood gas-condensate field in the Gulf of Mexico—the first deepwater field outside of Brazil that Petrobras, as operator, has developed and put into production.
The field lies in 2,300 ft of water on Garden Banks Block 244 about 138 miles off Texas.
Gas production from the well is being increased initially to 40 MMscfd.
Petrobras has plans to put a second well on stream this month. This well is expected to raise the field's gas production to 70 MMscfd, combined with oil-condensate production that will boost field production to 20,000 boe/d.