Petrobas has made a deep water oil discovery in a new well extension in the Pitu area offshore Brazil.
The discovery of this accumulation in the deep waters of the Potiguar Basin was first announced in 2013. The new well,, known informally as Pitu North 1, is the first extension well drilled as part of the Pitu Discovery Evaluation Plan and is located 60 km off the Rio Grande do Norte state coast.
Water depth is 1,844 m and with a final well depth of 4,200 m. Petrobras (40% interest) is the operator of the B-POT-17 concession, in partnership with BP (40%) and Petrogal (20%).