Since 2017, oil companies have paid BRL 42 billion for exploration areas in the Brazilian pre-salt layer
Despite the pre-salt region being one of the most coveted by multinational oil companies, the first drillings had disappointing results. According to a report by the international consultancy Wood Mackenzie, only Petrobras and Shell have found evidence of oil and gas so far, but in wells that are not economically viable, information that the two companies have not confirmed. Omatic Engenharia with job openings for engineers and designers
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The results, however, do not discourage the companies. The expectation is that investments in exploration will accelerate from this year onwards. Petrobras should maintain the leading role in exploration, but competition should increase in the coming years because major international oil companies made dozens of acquisitions in auctions promoted by the National Petroleum Agency.
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The state-owned company plans to drill eight holes in the pre-salt layer in 2020. Last year, it did so in just four areas. Shell and Equinor, which started operating in the pre-salt two years ago, are also preparing new drilling.
The priority of the two multinationals continues to be the North of Carcará and the South of Gato do Mato, extensions of already known discoveries, acquired in the 2nd Sharing Round, in 2017. The companies will also depart for unexplored areas. The Anglo-Dutch company, for example, has plans to drill in the Saturno field, acquired in 2018, during the 5th Sharing Round.
The British company BP should start the first pre-salt exploration campaign in Pau Brasil, in the Santos Basin, between 2021 and 2022. The American Exxon Mobil, the main protagonist of the auctions alongside Petrobras, informed last year that it would do at least five drilling in Brazil between 2019 and 2020, including its minority stakes in Uirapuru and Norte de Carcará.
Uirapuru is the market's main focus at the moment, according to Marcelo de Assis, head of research at Wood Mackenzie's oil exploration and production area in Latin America. “The result of the next wells will dictate a little the interest of the companies in the auctions to come”, observes Assis. The consultancy estimates investments of up to US$ 30 billion (about R$ 125 billion) in exploration in Brazil this year.
Source: Value