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New contract signed between Petrobras and the foreign company PXGEO provides for services in the oil and gas sector in the Santos Basin

Written by Roberta Souza
Published 23/03/2023 às 10:41
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Contract between the two giants in the oil and gas sector intends to collect information on the Santos Basin

Petrobras and PXGEO are anticipating a 3D survey that is scheduled to be purchased in water depth of 2.300 meters in the Santos Basin, lasting approximately four months, according to the contract signed between Petrobras and PXGEO.

According to PXGEO Executive President, Peter Zickerman: “This will be our fourth project in the Santos Basin of oil and gas acquired for Petrobras, since mid-2021, demonstrating our continued commitment to providing safe and efficient OBN acquisition solutions in offshore waters. depths of the Santos Basin in Brazil”.

Petrobras and PXGEO will work together on the OBN works in the Santos Basin

Production in Sepia by Petrobras in the Santos Basin began in 2021 and forecasts a plateau of 180.000 barrels of oil per day with the first FPSO. Petrobras is expected to increase total oil production in the Santos Basin field to around 350.000 b/d.

Petrobras is the operator of the shared Sepia oil and gas reservoir, with 55,3%; TotalEnergies, with 16,9%; Petronas Petróleo Brasil and QatarEnergy, with 12,7% each; and Petrogal, with 2,4%.

Petrobras announced at the end of October 2022 that it had made an oil discovery in a well located in the Sépia shared area. In December, the company started the contracting process for two floating production, production, storage and transfer (FPSO) units for the shared reservoirs of the fields of oil in deep waters of Atapu and Sepia and in the Santos Basin.

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