Libra field

Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has reported that the consortium responsible for the Libra area in Santos Basin’s pre-salt has concluded drilling of 3-BRSA-1310-RJS well in the block’s central portion in offshore Brazil.

The 352,260km² offshore pre-salt Santos Basin is located in the south Atlantic Ocean, 300km south-east of São Paulo, Brazil.

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It has several recent significant oil fields, including Tupi, Jupiter, and Libra.

Following completion of drilling, the well discovered hydrocarbons in a low-porosity reservoir and provided vital information for the ongoing appraisal campaign over the area.

According to the company, it is the fourth well drilled in the Libra field.

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The consortium comprising Petrobras (operator, with 40%), Shell (20%), Total (20%), CNPC (10%), CNOOC (10%) and PPSA (contract manager), is also drilling at two other locations.

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Coring operations are in progress at the 3-RJS-739A well in the north-west region of the block, which has already detected carbonate reservoirs containing oil.

Drilling has started on well 3-RJS-741 located in the north.

Acquired in October 2013, the Libra block is currently in the exploratory phase.

In order to conduct extended well tests, the consortium has already contracted a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), which has a capacity of 50kbbl/d oil and four million cubic metres of gas a day.

For the Libra pilot project, the consortium is also bidding for another FPSO with capacity of 180kbbl/d oil and 12 million cubic metres a day of gas.

Image: The Libra area is in the pre-salt of Santos Basin. Photo: courtesy of Petrobras.