(epbr) ExxonMobil began drilling the first exploratory well in block SEAL-M-428 (Cutthroat prospect), named 1-EMEB-3-SES. The drilling is being carried out by Seadrill’s West Saturn rig, in a water depth of 3,093 meters, with an estimated duration of between two and four months.
— The information was released this Monday morning by Enauta. The company has a 30% interest in nine blocks in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin with partners ExxonMobil (operator, 50%) and Murphy Oil (20%).
— Last week, Ibama issued a license for the ExxonMobil campaign that is expected to drill up to 11 exploratory wells in blocks SEAL-M-351, SEAL-M-428, SEAL-M-430, SEAL-M-501, SEAL- M-503, SEAL-M-573, areas of the 13th, 14th and 15th ANP bidding rounds, in deep waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The environmental license is valid for five years.
— The entire campaign will be carried out by the West Saturn drillship. The closest well to the coast will be 67 km from the city of Brejo Grande, in Sergipe.
— At the end of December, Petrobras declared the commerciality of the Budião, Budião Noroeste, Budião Sudeste, Palombeta, Cavala, Agulhinha and Agulhinha Oeste fields, in the areas of the BM-SEAL-4 and BM-SEAL-4A exploratory blocks, BM-SEAL-10 and BM-SEAL-11, also in deep waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The company did not disclose the volume of oil and gas from the fields.
— Production in the region is scheduled to start in 2026, with the FPSO P-81, which will have the capacity to produce 120,000 barrels of condensed oil and flow 8 million m³ of gas per day.
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