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    Brazil: Solimoes basin wildcat spudded at Coari

    Jan. 31, 2012
    A subsidiary of HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA, Rio de Janeiro, has spudded the 4-HRT-7D-AM well on the Igarape Maria prospect in Coari municipality in the Solimoes basin onshore northwestern Brazil.

    A subsidiary of HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA, Rio de Janeiro, has spudded the 4-HRT-7D-AM well on the Igarape Maria prospect in Coari municipality in the Solimoes basin onshore northwestern Brazil.

    The well’s objective is to test a higher structural trend in relation to 1-HRT-4-AM, a gas-condensate discovery well, in a directional wellbore. The Tuscany-116 rig is to reach a final depth of 3,150 m with a 1,200 m horizontal deviation in relation to the well 1-HRT-4-AM. The main objective is the Jurua formation.

    About the Author

    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.

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