Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras and Colombia's Ecopetrol have confirmed a significant natural gas discovery in deep waters off Colombia's coast, potentially boosting the region's energy security.
Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras S.A.
and Colombia’s integrated energy company Ecopetrol S.A. have confirmed a natural gas discovery at the Uchuva-2 well off Colombia's coast. Uchuva-2 is a deepwater well with natural gas previously discovered in the nearby Uchuva-1 well, drilled in 2022. According to a Petrobras official, the promising area off Colombia's coast could justify a large project to supply natural gas to the Andean country and for exports.
are planning to drill an offshore oil well off Colombia’s waters in seas roughly 3,900 meters close to 13,000 feet deep before the year is out, Bloomberg has reported. Dubbed Komodo-1, the ultra-deepwater well will qualify as the deepest offshore oil well in the world, beating Angola’s block 48 well which holds the current world-record water depth of 3,628 m 11,903 ft. By Alex Kimani for Oilprice.
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