Insight
Into the unknown – extending Brazil’s pre-salt play
This report is currently unavailable
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
Brazil's pre-salt is among the most high-profile deepwater plays in the world. Since the first pre-salt discovery – Lula, made by Petrobras in 2006 – other discoveries have added 26 bnboe to the country’s resource base. Today, the pre-salt output corresponds to 70% of Brazil’s total liquid production. Despite the excellent track record, more recent results have been disappointing. Several high-profile pre-salt well failures have left explorers wondering about the region’s future prospectivity. In this report we provide an overview of what makes the pre-salt work, how we see the technical risks and how commercial risk exposure could be reduced through improved terms.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- A new paradigm for the pre-salt play?
- What makes the pre-salt work?
-
And what are the risks?
- Presence of CO 2
- Variable reservoir quality
- High GOR
- Presence of effective seal
- Key pre-salt players
- What will help companies to unlock pre-salt discoveries ?
- Is the pre-salt still a good place to be?
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
-
Brazil’s largest pre-salt fields and exploration wellsRecent wells drilledPre-salt depositional model
-
Players in pre-salt PSC blocksIRR for different volumes and fiscal terms in BrazilA Mero-sized discovery under high profit shares in Brazil returns a similar IRR as a 200 mmboe under Canada terms
What's included
This report contains:
Other reports you may be interested in
Insight
Brazil's pre-salt coverage overview
Brazil's pre-salt is one of the most relevant deepwater plays with a huge resource base and impressive well productivity.
$1,350
Insight
Brazil's 2026 power capacity auction in brief
Rolling coverage of Brazil's 2026 power capacity auction events as they happen
$950
Asset Report
Marlim Sul Area
Marlim Sul is one of Brazil's largest producing assets in the Campos basin. The field is far larger in areal extent than Marlim, ...
$3,720
