BG Group, a FTSE 100 oil and gas giant, has completed drilling at its appraisal well in the BM-S-11 concession, off-shore Brazil, where it encountered 'good quality' oil samples.
The results have confirmed an extension of the lara accumulation indicating the "high" potentional of the pre-salt reservoirs in that region, after the well encountered good quality oil.
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