Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras expects to declare soon the commerciality of the Curacao find in the prolific Santos basin pre-salt fairway.

Petrobras in 2021 made the Curacao discovery inside the giant Aram pre-salt area and in the following year ran a drill stem test in the accumulation that detected a thick hydrocarbons reservoir interval where the company was able to unlock its productivity.

Petrobras is currently drilling an extension well to the Curacao discovery with the Constellation Oil Services drillship Brava Star in about 1977 metres of water.