The
US
major
reckons
this
new
gas
complex
could
have
more
than
30
trillion
cubic
feet
of
recoverable
gas
held
entirely
within
its
Area
1
permit,
adding
that
this
block,
including
the
Prosperidade
complex,
has
the
potential
to
hold
about
100
Tcf
of
in-place
gas.
Area
1’s
12th
successive
discovery,
Atum-1
hit
more
than
300
net
feet
of
gas
pay
in
two
“high-quality”
Oligocene
fan
systems,
said
the
operator.
Preliminary
data
indicates
Atum
is
connected
to
the
Golfinho
discovery
located
about
10
miles
northwest.
“The
combined
success
at
Atum
and
Golfinho,
and
apparent…