Petrobras and Repsol Sinopec Brazil reported a postsalt gas discovery in the Espirito Santo basin off Brazil.
The Malombe discovery found gas at 8,528 ft in 3,215 ft of water 135 km east-northeast of Vitoria and southeast of the 1997 Peroa dry gas discovery.
The companies will continue work on the BM-ES-21 concession and will present an evaluation plan to Brazil’s National Petroleum Agency ANP.
Petrobras operates the block with 88.1% interest and Repsol Sinopec Brazil has 11.9%. Repsol Sinopec has interests in 14 blocks, seven of which it operates, in the Santos, Campos, and Espirito Santo basins.
Alan Petzet | Chief Editor Exploration
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.