Petrobras prepares to resume exploration drilling in frontier Barreirinhas basin

Brazilian oil giant to carry out new deep-water campaign more than a decade after the last probe was drilled in the region

Campaign: the Ocyan drillship ODN II is to start exploration drilling in Brazil’s northern equatorial margin later this year — Campaign: the Ocyan drillship ODN II is to start exploration drilling in Brazil’s northern equatorial margin later this yearPhoto: OCYAN

Fabio Palmigiani

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil Petrobras Barreirinhas basin BP Ocyan

Published 7 June 2022, 14:22Updated 8 June 2022, 15:34