Brazil: Petrobras Starts Extended Well Test in Brava Area, Campos Basin

Petrobras commenced the Extended Well Test (EWT) in the Campos basin’s pre-salt Brava Area, in the Marlin Field Production Concession, 170 km off the coast of Macaé, in Rio de Janeiro.

The EWT is expected to last two years, with daily output of 6,000 barrels of oil, and is running on well 6-MRL-199-RJS, interconnected to the P-27 platform, which was already in production in Marlin field.

This is the fifth reservoir to produce oil in the Campos Basin pre-salt. Besides the Brava, Jubarte and Baleia Franca pre-salt reservoirs mentioned below, in December 2010, Petrobras commenced the Carimbé EWT in the Caratinga concession area, and in February 2011, the Tracajá ETW in the Marlim Leste concession area.

The Brava EWT will enable Petrobras to obtain more information about the reservoir’s characteristics, which will help in the preparation of the definitive production development project. This data will also be important for studying the characteristics of new wells in the Marlim and Voador fields.

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Source:Petrobras , April 20, 2011;