Company: PBR
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001292814-25-001352
Chunk: 50

Company: PETROBRAS - PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA
Filing Date: 2025-04-03
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 17
Chunk 50
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IVITIES IN 2024

                     Net exploratory area        Exploratory blocks         Evaluation plans       Wells drilled   
                            (km2)                     (number)                  (number)              (number)     
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2024                          2023     2022     2024     2023     2022    2024    2023    2022   2024   2023   2022
Brazil             34,457   27,924   35,198       67       43       65      10       9   13(1)      5      2      5
Other S. America    3,094    3,474    4,284        3        3        3       1       1       1      3      0      2
North America           0        0        0        0        0        0       0       0       0      0      0      0
Africa              7,802        0        0        3        0        0       0       0       0      0      0      0
TOTAL              44,633   31,398   39,482       73       46       68      11      10      14      8      2      7

(1)                                             These                                          
      figures include only contracts signed through December 31, 2024 (which excludes the block
                                        held in South Africa).                                 
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In 2024, our exploratory efforts were concentrated on evaluating opportunities in the Santos Basin and in the Potiguar Basin, with the following highlights.
 
SANTOS BASIN
 In 2024, we concluded the evaluation test performed in the well drilled in the BM-S-50 block. We started the drilling of the Tortuga Leste well and Curaçao Extremo Leste well, both included in the Curaçao Evaluation Plan (ARAM block), and we are planning to conclude the analysis of these wells by the first half of 2025.
 In 2024, we also drilled the well 9-BUZ-99D-RJS, located in the western region of the Búzios, 189 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro and at a