Four sectors
are being offered in the Espírito
Santo-Mucuri Basin (3 onshore –
60 blocks - and 1 in shallow water –
21 blocks), totaling 5,687.201 km².
This basin is located along the coast
of the central-north part of Espírito
Santo state and south part of Bahia
state. The southern limit of the basin
is a geological feature known as the
Vitória High, that separates
it from the Campos Basin, whilst the
northern boundary with the Cumuruxatiba
Basin is only geographic. The total
basin area up to the 3,000m isobath
is 123,130 km² (17,900 km²
onshore) and it is covered by a recent
2D seismic spec survey. The 489 exploration
wells drilled in the basin have resulted
in the discovery of 52 hydrocarbon accumulations,
47 onshore and 5 on the continental
shelf. Two recent discoveries include
an onshore oil that was declared commercial,
resulting in the Mosquito field, and
an offshore, shallow water gas accumulation
in the BFRD block that is under evaluation.
The basin has an original proved volume
of 71 MMm³ of oil and 9,000 MMm³
of gas.
