Posted by The new field – Tiriba – will be located on the block REC-T-128, where the well 1-GPK-4D-BA (Praia de Castelhanos prospect) was drilled at the end of 2018 by previous operator GeoPark. In May 2021, it was announced that GeoPark would be selling its share on the asset, the new consortium being 40% Slim Drilling Serviços de Perfuração S.A, with operatorship, and 60% Geopar. The commerciality came 4 months later and is still subjected to the discovery evaluation report, according to ANP.
Along with Eneva’s Gavião Belo and Alvopetro Murucututu, this is the third commerciality declared in 2021, all of them onshore.