Brazil 17th and 7th Bidding Rounds
Post- and presalt imaging
Illuminate the subsurface of the Campos, Pelotas, Potiguar, and Santos Basins with 2D and 3D seismic data.
A new round of surplus volumes in the Sépia and Atapu Fields will be auctioned off 17 December 2021 as part of the Second Transfer of Rights Surplus Production-Sharing Bidding Round. In November 2019, the Brazil Transfer of Rights Bid Round for Excess Volumes was held to offer the Búzios, Itapu, Sépia, and Atapu areas. Volumes in the Búzios and Itapu areas were the largest auctioned off in the oil industry. The auction increased the country's competitiveness in the international market, valued the national energy resource, attracted investments, and boosted Brazil's collection.
The Brazilian government is now reauctioning surplus areas in the Sépia and Atapu Fields of the Santos Basin—with an estimated signature bonus for the Sépia Field at USD 1.32 billion with a share rate of 15.02% and USD 740 million for the Atapu Field with a share rate of 5.89%.
The auction is expected to “present extremely promising results,” according to the Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque. “In these fields, during the period of operation, the expected investments are USD 37 billion.”
Within the presalt polygons of the Santos Basin, WesternGeco has completed reimaging of the Berbigão, Itapu, Sururu, Atapu, and Sépia areas. The Central Santos reimaging project takes these high-definition 3D surveys and incorporates the latest technology to improve subsurface imaging.
WesternGeco has created a multiazimuth 3D merge of three existing surveys: proprietary high-density 3D seismic data, coil 3D data, and available public NAZ data—providing unmatched illumination at the presalt target level. This 2,400-km2 dataset provides the best imaging to evaluate and appraise the Transfer of Rights area. The processing workflow across this area comprised high-end technology solutions to overcome the challenges of presalt imaging, including
The result is a clean final migrated image that can provide greater confidence in subsurface evaluation and lead to more effective drilling decisions in the appraisal and production phases.
Some of our most advanced technologies have been applied to acquire a Coil Shooting single-vessel full-azimuth acquisition survey inside the Central Santos multiazimuth survey boundaries. This will enable you to better illuminate the complex subsurface and characterize the presalt reservoirs.
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