Part of the focus in 2014 centres on the Juxia wildcat in the Campos basin heavy-oil Peregrino licence, said Statoil Brazil president Thore Kristiansen.

Talks for chartering a drilling unit to spud the well continue.

“We are in negotiations,” he said on the sidelines of the OTC Brasil conference, without naming the unit. “Hopefully we will drill (the) exploration well in 2014.”

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