OGX pointing its FPSOs towards Pera-Inga play

By Fabio Palmigiani Rio de Janeiro

 02 December 2011 01:15 GMT

Brazilian independent OGX is homing in on the Pero-Inga accumulation in the Campos basin as a potential destination for either its OSX-4 or its OSX-5 floating ­production, storage and offloading vessel in 2014.

OGX made both the Pero and Inga discoveries in the shallow waters of Block BM-C-40 in mid-2010.

The two finds are on trend with the Waikiki accumulation in Block BM-C-39, where the OSX-3 FPSO is due to produce first oil in the fourth quarter of 2013.

“We have some ideas,” said OGX exploration executive manager Paulo Ricardo, about the location for the two floaters. “Given the amount of appraisal work we are doing and the increasing knowledge we are getting from the ­various plays, we haven’t made a final decision, but we have…

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