Spotlight: Brazil's exploration activity in 2022

Brazil’s oil and gas regulator ANP received 18 notifications of finds of hydrocarbon traces between January and October this year, according to data obtained by BNamericas through the federal freedom of information act. 

Most of them were reported by Eneva, in the Parnaíba basin blocks PN-T-102A and PN-T-69, and Amazonas blocks AM-T-84 and AM-T-85.    

Eneva encountered gas in all cases and oil and gas in block AM-T-85. 

Alvopetro found oil and gas in blocks REC-T-182 and REC-T-183 in the Recôncavo basin, and BGM discovered oil in blocks ES-T-496 and ES-T-506 in the Espírito Santo basin.  

Meanwhile, Petrobras identified oil traces in Alto de Cabo Frio Central in the Campos basin and oil and gas in Três Marias in Santos. 

The European majors Shell and TotalEnergies encountered traces of gas and gas and oil, respectively, in blocks C-M-791 and C-M-541 in Campos. 

Operator	Basin	Block	Type of find
BGM	Espírito Santo	ES-T-496	Oil
Eneva	Parnaíba	PN-T-69	Gas
Petrobras	Santos	BLC_3MARIA	Gas and oil
BGM	Espírito Santo	ES-T-496	Oil
Eneva	Parnaíba	PN-T-102A	Gas
Alvopetro	Recôncavo	REC-T-182	Gas
Eneva	Amazonas	AM-T-85	Gas and oil
Shell Brasil	Campos	C-M-791	Gas
Petrobras	Campos	ALTO_CF_CE	Oil
TotalEnergies EP	Campos	C-M-541	Gas and oil
Eneva	Parnaíba	PN-T-102A	Gas
Eneva	Amazonas	AM-T-84	Gas
Alvopetro	Recôncavo	REC-T-183	Gas and oil
Eneva	Amazonas	AM-T-84	Gas
Alvopetro	Recôncavo	REC-T-182	Oil
Eneva	Parnaíba	PN-T-102A	Gas
BGM	Espírito Santo	ES-T-506	Oil
Eneva	Parnaíba	PN-T-102A	Gas

DRILLING ACTIVITY

BNamericas also obtained the list of wells drilled between January and October 2022 via the freedom of information act. 

A total of 23 wells were drilled in the period, mostly by Eneva (10) in the Parnaíba and Amazonas basins.

Petrobras sank four wells in the Campos, Santos and Espírito Santo basins. 

Alvopetro sunk three wells in the Recôncavo basin, while BGM drilled two wells in the Espírito Santo basin and PetroRecôncavo drilled one in Potiguar. 

Shell and TotalEnergies drilled one well each in the Campos basin, while ExxonMobil drilled in the Sergipe-Alagoas basin.   

Well (ANP ID)	Operator	Block	Basin
1-BRSA-1383A-RJS	Petrobras	ALTO_CF_CE	Campos
1-ENV-29-MA	Eneva	PN-T-87	Parnaíba
1-SHEL-34A-RJS	Shell	C-M-791	Campos
1-ENV-30D-MA	Eneva	PN-T-103	Parnaíba
1-EMEB-3-SES	ExxonMobil	SEAL-M-428	Sergipe-Alagoas
1-ALV-14D-BA	Alvopetro	REC-T-182	Recôncavo
1-BRSA-1384-RJS	Petrobras	2_Irmãos	Campos
1-BGM-5-ES	BGM	ES-T-496	Espírito Santo
1-ENV-31D-AM	Eneva	AM-T-85	Amazonas
3-ENV-32D-MA	Eneva	PN-T-102A	Parnaíba
3-ENV-33D-AM	Eneva	AM-T-84	Amazonas
3-ENV-34-MA	Eneva	PN-T-102A	Parnaíba
1-ALV-15-BA	Alvopetro	REC-T-183	Recôncavo
3-ENV-35D-AM	Eneva	AM-T-84	Amazonas
1-BRSA-1385-ESS	Petrobras	ES-M-596	Espírito Santo
1-BRSA-1385A-ESS	Petrobras	ES-M-596	Espírito Santo
1-ENV-36-MA	Eneva	PN-T-67A	Parnaíba
1-TOT-3-RJS	TotalEnergies	CM-541	Campos
1-BMG-6-ES	BGM	ES-T-506	Espírito Santo
3-ALV-16D-BA	Alvopetro	REC-T-182	Recôncavo
3-ENV-37D-MA	Eneva	PN-T-102A	Parnaíba
1-POT-1-RN	PetroRecôncavo	POT-T-702	Potiguar
3-ENV-38-MA	Eneva	PN-T-102A	Parnaíba