Repsol and partners in major pre-salt find

On the job: the drillship Stena Drillmax at work in Brazil's Campos basin

GARETH CHETWYND

By Gareth Chetwynd Rio de Janeiro

 02 March 2012 01:53 GMT

A consortium led by Spain’s Repsol YPF and China’s Sinopec has made another ultra-deep­water oil discovery in Brazil’s Campos basin, amid suggestions that the find is potentially one of the best yet in the prolific pre-salt exploration play.

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