Discovery is in the pre-salt of the Santos basin in the Sul do Gato do Mato block and the well is the 13th with signs of oil discovered this year
Released in June to start drilling, Shell has just announced the discovery of oil in a water depth of 2,067 meters to the south of the Gato do Mato block, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos basin.
The well, named 3-SHEL-30-RJS, through which the discovery was made, was drilled by the Brava Star rig, contracted by the Anglo-Dutch oil company from Constellation.
The rig started drilling a little over a month ago and has already given the first results. The equipment belongs to Constellation (formerly Queiroz Galvão Oil and Gas).
The rig was leased to drill four wells in the Gato do Mato asset, the duration of the contract was one year and it started to take effect this year.
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the asset
A Shell acquired the Sul do Gato do Mato block in partnership with the French Total, in the second production sharing round of the ANP, in 2017, having paid a bonus of BRL 100 million.
The asset production development project provides for the installation of an FPSO with the capacity to produce 90 bopd and compress 8,5 million m³/d of natural gas and the forecast for the first oil is from the third quarter of 2023.
With this discovery by Shell, the number of wells with signs of oil and/or natural gas in the country in 2019 reached thirteen, the other discoveries were in two production sharing areas: Peroba, operated by Petrobras, and Norte de Carcará by Equinor.
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