A subsidiary of HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA, Rio de Janeiro, has spudded the 4-HRT-7D-AM well on the Igarape Maria prospect in Coari municipality in the Solimoes basin onshore northwestern Brazil.
The well’s objective is to test a higher structural trend in relation to 1-HRT-4-AM, a gas-condensate discovery well, in a directional wellbore. The Tuscany-116 rig is to reach a final depth of 3,150 m with a 1,200 m horizontal deviation in relation to the well 1-HRT-4-AM. The main objective is the Jurua formation.
