Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) has confirmed the extent of a earlier gasoline discovery it made offshore Colombia.
Petrobras’ Uchuva-2 properly has confirmed the invention it made in 2022 with the Uchuva-1 properly, the corporate stated in a information launch, including that the properly “provides related data for the event of a brand new frontier of exploration and manufacturing in Colombia, reinforcing the volumetric potential for gasoline within the area”.
The Uchuva-2 properly, which was spudded in June, is positioned in deep waters in Colombia, 19 miles (31 kilometers) off the coast and at a water depth of two,638 ft (804 meters). In its deliberate growth of 5 phases, the gas-bearing interval was verified within the fourth part by way of wireline logging, which can be additional characterised by way of laboratory analyses, Petrobras stated.
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Petrobras is the operator of the asset with a working curiosity of 44.44 p.c, whereas Ecopetrol holds the remaining working curiosity of 55.56 p.c. The 2 corporations plan to proceed operations to finish the venture to drill the properly to the anticipated depth and characterize the situations of the reservoirs discovered, with the prediction of finishing up a formation check by the top of 2024, in line with the discharge.
Petrobras stated its operations within the Tayrona Block are in step with its long-term technique, geared toward replenishing oil and gasoline reserves by way of the exploration of recent frontiers and appearing in partnership, “guaranteeing that international power demand is met in the course of the power transition”.
Marine Gasoline Made with Renewables
In the meantime, Petrobras reported that it offered marine gas containing content material from renewables for ships off the Brazilian coast.
The gas, referred to as VLS (Very Low Sulfur) B24, is the results of mixing mineral bunker with biodiesel in particular tanks. The VLS B24 batch was obtained from mineral gas produced in Petrobras refineries and combined with biodiesel licensed by ISCC EU RED, probably the most conventional certifications in the marketplace. Petrobras stated it’s the first firm in Brazil to ship a bunker to the market with 24 p.c second-generation biodiesel, produced from agro-industrial waste.
This week, Petrobras offered a marine gas with renewable content material (the VLS B24) to provide ships off the Brazilian coast. Petrobras is the nation’s first firm to ship a bunker to the market with 24 % second-generation biodiesel (produced from agro-industrial waste).
The product was combined at Transpetro’s Rio Grande Terminal (RS). Supplying ships with this bunker sort occurs equally to mineral bunkers and may happen through barge or moored operations, in line with an earlier launch.
Petrobras Logistics, Advertising and marketing, and Markets Director Claudio Schlosser stated, “Within the seek for a good and protected power transition within the nation, we’re reconciling the concentrate on oil and gasoline with the seek for portfolio diversification in low-carbon companies. Product investments that generate profitability and societal environmental good points are elementary for Petrobras”.
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