New discovery is in the Jandaia Sul field, the Recôncavo Basin, Bahia already produces With this field since August 2017
Petrobras announced the discovery of in the Jandaia Sul onshore field, in the Recôncavo Basin, located in the center-east of the State of Bahia.
The field has an approximate area of 12.000 km² and the new discovery was through well 7-JNDS-3DP-BA.
Petrobras operates the field, which is on land, with a 100% stake and acquired it in the 12th round of concessions by the ANP.
With the new discovery, production in the Jandaia Sul field will increase, since in January production was 64 bopd and 351 m³/d of natural gas, totaling 66,2 boed, according to ANP data.
The Jandaia Sul field was discovered in April 2015 and eight months later, in December, the field was declared commercially viable.
Production started in August 2017 and the API grade of the oil in the field is 37,2º.
Third discovery of the year
2019 was a year of discoveries in the Recôncavo da Bahia, the signs of oil in this new discovery in the Jandaia Sul field, is the third this year.
The previous discoveries were in the Peroba field, which is operated by Petrobras, with 40%, in partnership with BP, which also has 40% and with CNODC, which has 20%, in block REC-T-80 (Petrobras 100% ) and REC-T-128, which is operated by GeoPark, with 70%, in consortium with Geopar Geosol, with 30%.