... production from the pre-salt Campos and Santos basins—located farther from shore and in much deeper water—launching state-run oil company Petrobras to a top spot among the ranks of global producers. The ongoing development of its offshore fields will continue to boost the country’s oil and natural gas...

...Chris Carpenter This article, written by JPT Technology Editor Chris Carpenter, contains highlights of paper OTC 30626, “Brazil Presalt, Santos Basin: Feasibility Study for the Application of Borehole Gravity To Improve Reservoir Monitoring,” by Zhijun Du, Adrian Topham, SPE, and Jeremy C. Lofts...

...John Dribus Management Since the discovery of the giant Tupi-Lula pre-salt complex in the Santos Basin of Brazil, explorers have been integrating new seismic technology advances with the fundamentals of regional basin geology to extend the pre-salt play across the Atlantic margin into deep waters...

... reviewed. In Brazil, deepwater well-construction activity has increased significantly since the first major presalt discovery in the Santos basin in 2006. The creation of a multidisciplinary drilling-optimization group, integrated with the operator’s drilling team in 2008, and the introduction of a highly...

...Dennis Denney This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 22336, ’Case History: Performance of a Drilling Campaign in the Santos Basin, Brazil, 2008-2010: A Success Story,’ by Humberto Carrizo, Giovanny Ortuno, and Tarcilio Dutra Neto, Repsol...

...Dennis Denney This article, written by Senior Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 19886, ’Presalt Santos Basin - Extended Well Test and Production Pilot in the Tupi Area: The Planning Phase,’ by Celia M.F. Nakano, Antonio C.C. Pinto, SPE, Jose L. Marcusso...

..., L.H.S. Vitullo, and and E.T.M. Fartes, Petrobras, prepared for the 2005 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 2–5 May. The full-length paper describes steps taken to drill the final section of an exploratory well in 1500 m of water in the Santos basin. The first well in the area reached a fractured...