Petrobras discovered oil in the pre-salt of Búzios field, Santos basin and Albacora field, Campos basin, off Brazil.
Búzios exploration well 9-BUZ-39DA-RJS is in the southeast area of the field, 210 km from Rio de Janeiro, in 2,108 m water depth. The well is in the drilling process and has already identified 208 m of reservoir with oil of similar quality to current field production. The tests were carried out at 5,400 m depth.
Albacora exploration well 9-AB-135D-RJS is inside Plano de Avaliação de Descoberta (PAD) of the Forno area, 184 km from Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, in 450 m water depth. The discovery consists of about 214 m of reservoir with presence of light oil proven through tests carried out at 4630 m depth.
Petrobras is the operator (90%) of the Búzios field consortium in partnership with CNOOC (5%) and CNODC (5%) (OGJ Online, Nov. 7, 2019). Petrobras is the operator and sole owner of Albacora field.
