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Alvopetro Discovers Gas in Bahia
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Alvopetro Energy Ltd. has announced that our 197(2) well, located on Block 197 in the Recôncavo basin in the State of Bahia, Brazil, has discovered natural gas. The 197(2) well reached a total depth of 1,669 metres and has been cased and cemented.
Based on cased-hole sonic and neutron logs, the 197(2) well encountered 78 metres of potential net natural gas pay, with an average 33% water saturation, and an average porosity of 12%, using an 8% porosity cut-off.
The 197(2) well offsets an existing discovery that has 67 metres of net pay. This offsetting well tested 3.6 mmcf/d and 21 bbls/d of condensate from a 4-metre perforated interval in the Caruaçu Member of the Maracangalha Formation, over a final 16-hour flow period, with a 32/64" choke and 1,267 psi flowing sand-face pressure. The…
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