Petrobras starts Santos presalt 6-month well test
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has hooked up the RJS-647 presalt well for a 6-month test in the Iracema area of the BM-S-11 concession in the Santos basin offshore Brazil.
The Cidada de Sao Vicente floating production, storage, and offloading vessel (FPSO) is connected to the well in 2,212 m of water where it will operate for 6 months gathering technical information to support development of a final production system expected to be in operation by the end of 2014 using the 150,000 b/d-capacity Cidade de Mangaratiba FPSO.
Test rates are expected to be about 10,000 b/d of oil, constrained by facilities.
Petrobras has 65% interest in the block. BG Group has 25%, and Petrogal Brasil SA has 10%.
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.
