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Libra Find Could Double Brazil
Libra Find Could Double Brazil
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FRIDAY, 05 NOVEMBER 2010 19:11 î î
"It's important to stress that the Libra prospect alone could hold
recoverable oil volumes that exceed Brazil's current proven
reserves," ANP's statement said. According to OGJ figures, Brazil
had 12.6 billion bbl of proved oil reserves in 2009, second-largest
in South America after Venezuela.
ANP further said the well currently being drilled in Libra has
reached a depth of 5,410 m, of which 22 m is in the presalt layer.
According to ANP, the well is eventually expected to reach a total
depth of 6,500 m before it is completed.
Some skeptical
Analysts expressed a certain degree of skepticism about ANP's
estimate, especially as it was based on the results of a single
well²and one that has not yet reached total depth.
Timing questioned
A certain degree of skepticism over the find also emerged as a
result of the timing of the ANP's announcement, coming just as
Brazilians were voting in a presidential runoff election after weeks
of campaign rhetoric over the future of the country's oil reserves.
But she and other Brazilians may have to wait a bit longer for the
bill to become law as the leader of the governing coalition's forces
in the Chamber of Deputies, Candido Vaccarezza warned earlier
this week that approval of the bill may not come until next year.