Project Profile
Location: Recôncavo basin, state of Bahia, Brazil
Reserves: 78 metres of potential net natural gas pay
Start-up Year: -
The 197(2) well is located on Block 197 in the Recôncavo basin in the State of Bahia, Brazil. The 197(2) has discovered natural gas. The 197(2) well reached a total depth of 1,669 metres and has been cased and cemented. Based on cased-hole sonic and neutron logs, the 197(2) well encountered 78 metres of potential net natural gas pay, with an average 33% water saturation, and an average porosity of 12%, using an 8% porosity cut-off. The 197(2) well offsets an existing discovery that has 67 metres of net pay. This offsetting well tested 3.6 mmcf/d and 21 bbls/d of condensate from a 4-metre perforated interval in the Caruaçu Member of the Maracangalha Formation, over a final 16-hour flow period, with a 32/64\" choke and 1,267 psi flowing sand-face pressure. The operator of this offsetting well has submitted a delineation plan to the ANP. A testing program will commence on the 197(2) well with a service rig in early 2015, subject to customary regulatory approvals and equipment availability. Additional technical work and testing is required to determine the extent, if any, of potential commercial hydrocarbons associated with the 197(2) well.
Operators:
Alvopetro Energy Ltd (subsidiary of Pacific Rubiales)