Good news for the oil and gas sector in Brazil! After Shell licensed 9 wells last Friday (14th), today it was the turn of France's Total, licensing 5 wells in the Campos Basin

The French oil company Total began on the 18th, the environmental licensing of 5 oil wells in the pre-salt of the Campos Basin. The wells licensed from Ibama by Total are part of exploratory block CM-541. Offshore selection process for Technicians of various specialties at the giant Modec, today February 18

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The concession contract for the area was signed by the French company last Friday (14th) with the National Petroleum Agency (ANP).

Total is a partner of the Brazilian state-owned Petrobras and the oil companies Shell, CNPC and CNOOC in the Mero project, the first production sharing area in the country.

The French company is also the operator of the Lapa field, an area under concession in the Santos Basin pre-salt acquired in the Petrobras divestment and partnership program.

Nine oil wells in the Campos Basin pre-salt were licensed by Shell last Friday (14)

Another 9 new exploratory oil and gas wells in the Campos Basin pre-salt were licensed by the oil company Shell this past Friday, February 14th. The new blocks are located in the CM-659 and CM-713 areas

The oil and gas wells that were purchased by Shell in the 16th bidding round of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), had their licensing process at Ibama opened shortly after the signing of the concession contracts on Friday morning (15) at the agency's headquarters.

With up to 6 exploratory oil and gas wells licensed in the pre-salt block CM-659 area of ​​the Campos Basin, the oil company Shell will also be able to carry out up to four formation tests.

In the CM-713 block, the oil company will be able to drill three exploratory wells and foresees the possibility of carrying out up to two formation tests in it.

The oil and gas block exploration campaigns are scheduled to take place between 2022 and 2024, where the company will allocate its logistics base to support it between Rio de Janeiro, Niteróis, São João da Barra or Vila Velha.

In the second half of last year, Ibama granted the oil company a license to drill up to three exploratory wells in the Alto de Cabo Frio Oeste block, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin.

A companhia won the Alto de Cabo Frio Oeste oil field in the third pre-salt bidding round, held in 2017.

Shell is the operator of the area, with a 55% stake, and is partnered by CNOOC (20%) and QPI (25%).