Brazilian firm finds offshore oil, gas fields
July 6th, 2011 - 11:47 am ICT by IANSRio de Janeiro, July 6 (IANS/EFE) Oil giant Petrobras said it found two new offshore oil and gas fields in a deepwater area in the Espirito Santo basin, some 115 km off the coast of southeast Brazil.
The reserves are at a depth of 1,900 meters in the Pe-de-moleque and Quindim wells, the state-controlled company said.
Other reserves were discovered a few weeks ago in the Brigadeiro well in the same block, where Petrobras holds a 65 percent stake, Shell has a 20 percent interest and Inpex Petroleo Santos has a 15 percent stake.
The wells are located 115 km from Vitoria, the capital of the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, Petrobras said, without specifying their production potential.
Located in a roughly 160,000 sq. km offshore area, the fields are estimated to contain roughly 80 billion barrels of oil equivalent and could potentially transform Brazil into a major crude exporter.
Accessing them, however, will be extremely costly and will pose an enormous technical challenge because they are located at depths of up to 7,000 meters.
–IANS/EFE
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