The well 4-SPS-66C (4-BRSA-723C), know as Abaré Oeste, proved the presence of oil and natural gas. It is located in the evaluation area of 1-SPS-50 (Carioca), some 290 km off the coast of the State of São Paulo (see the figure below), in 2,163 meters of water. This is the fourth well drilled in block BM-S-9 and the existence of hydrocarbons was proved in all of them.

The Block BM-S-9 is composed of two evaluation areas: the area of well 1-BRSA-594-SPS (1-SPS-55), known as Guará, and the area of well 1-BRSA-491-SPS (1-SPS-50), know as Carioca. The discovery was proved via oil, natural gas and carbon gas content sampling via a cable test carried out in reservoirs located at depth of some 5150 m and analyses are being carried out with the samples that were recovered.

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