Petrobras discovers oil in southern Campos basin

April 4, 2022
Petrobras discovered a new oil accumulation in the Alto de Cabo Frio Central block in the presalt, southern portion of Campos basin 230 km from Rio de Janeiro in 1,833 m of water.

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) discovered a new oil accumulation in the Alto de Cabo Frio Central block in the presalt, southern portion of Campos basin 230 km from Rio de Janeiro in 1,833 m of water. The consortium will continue drilling the well to the originally planned final depth to assess dimensions of the new accumulation and to characterize quality of the fluids and reservoirs found.

The oil-bearing interval in wildcat well 1-BRSA-1383A-RJS was verified by logging and oil samples, which will later be characterized by laboratory analyses. 

The Alto de Cabo Frio Central block was acquired in October 2017, in the 3rd bidding round of the National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), under the Production Sharing regime, with Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) as manager (OGJ Online Oct 30, 2017).

Petrobras is operator of the block (50%) with partner bp Energy do Brasil Ltda. (50%).