Brazil’s Eneva Launches Gas Exploration, Carbon Storage Search in Parana Basin
(Reuters) — Brazilian oil firm Eneva has began an exploratory campaign for natural gas in the Parana Basin that could lead to the firm's entry in the carbon capture market, a director at the firm told Reuters.
The first stage of the campaign started last month and is set to last about a year and a half, costing around 200 million reais ($36.66 million), said Frederico Miranda, director of exploration, reservoir and low-carbon technologies at Eneva.
During this stage the firm will also seek saline reservoirs that could be used for carbon dioxide capture and storage projects, Miranda said.
"We will look for natural gas, but all the information we acquire can also be used to evaluate the carbon capture and storage project," said Miranda.
The firm is in talks with players in the ethanol industry located near the Parana Basin and interested in decarbonizing their activities, said Miranda.
Miranda said prospecting only for carbon capture and storage projects in the Parana Basin might not have been profitable, but the search for gas brought more value to the project.
The company expects to start drilling in 2027, which would make Eneva the first company to do so in the basin in over two decades, according to data from the regulatory agency ANP.
($1 = 5.4556 reais)
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