Petrobras has completed drilling extension exploratory well 3-BRSA-1032-RJS (3-RJS-697), located in the Iara Evaluation Area, in the pre-salt of Santos Basin.

The well is 139 miles (223 kilometers) off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, some 6 miles (9 kilometers) from the discovery well, at a water depth of 7,054 feet (2,150 meters).

The well, informally known as Iara Oeste, is the third well drilled in the Discovery Evaluation Plan 1-BRSA-618 (Iara) and reached the total depth of 19,849 feet (6,050 meters).

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