Petrobras Shuts Fifth Most Productive Well After Accident
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETR4), Brazils state-controlled oil producer, shut its fifth most productive well after detecting a leak of 160 barrels in deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Petrobras, as the Rio de Janeiro-based producer is known, spilled oil from the production column at the Carioca Nordeste well before shutting output, the company said today in an e- mailed statement. The well produced 25,034 barrels a day, or 1 percent of Petrobras domestic output in November, according to the countrys oil regulator.
Brazils oil regulator will carry out an inspection of the Dynamic Producer platform tomorrow, the agency said today in a separate statement. The leak has been halted and the spill is being contained, the regulator said. Petrobras said it is collecting the oil and investigating the causes of the accident.
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