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Four exploratory wells had begun drilling since the start of 2026.","One exploratory well began drilling in September and one was completed; no new discovery notifications or commerciality declarations were recorded that month. The report’s 19 wells and US$888 million of investment envisaged for 2026 are expectations, rather than completed drilling or actual expenditure totals."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"BR","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"حتى 30 سبتمبر 2026","de":"Stand 30. 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Başlanan kuyu sayısı yılbaşından eylül sonuna kadardır; gerçekleşen ile yıllık beklenti karıştırılmadı."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/centrais-de-conteudo/publicacoes/boletins-anp/arquivos-informe-mensal-de-exploracao/2026/setembro-26.pdf"],"title":{"ar":"نشاط الاستكشاف","de":"Explorationsaktivität","en":"Exploration activity","es":"Actividad exploratoria","fr":"Activité d’exploration","pt":"Atividade exploratória","tr":"Arama faaliyetleri"},"type":"metrics","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T10:30:29+00:00"}],"version":1},"data_downloads":[{"formats":{"csv":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/brazil-anp-september-2026-exploration-contracts-well-starts/data/source-record?lang=en&format=csv","json":"https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/brazil-anp-september-2026-exploration-contracts-well-starts/data/source-record?lang=en&format=json"},"id":"source-record"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"editorial_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of electricity generation, storage and connected data.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-energy","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"topic","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"event_id":"event-3f4e9c51-5598-5ea1-aa73-30e41242b23f","event_period":"2026-09","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","id":"brazil-anp-september-2026-exploration-contracts-well-starts","image":null,"importance":0.6,"language":"en","modified_at":"2026-10-16T10:36:23+00:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","published_at":"2026-10-16T10:36:23+00:00","reading_minutes":1,"region":"world","section_illustration":{"alt":"Conceptual illustration of electricity generation, storage and connected data.","asset_id":"newsverum-v1-energy","avif_variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-480.avif","width":480},{"height":480,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-720.avif","width":720},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-960.avif","width":960},{"height":800,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1200.avif","width":1200},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1536.avif","width":1536}],"credit":"Newsverum","documentary":false,"height":1024,"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","language":"en","scope":"section","url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1536.webp","variants":[{"height":320,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-480.webp","width":480},{"height":640,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-960.webp","width":960},{"height":1024,"url":"https://newsverum.com/assets/newsverum/illustrations/v1/energy-1536.webp","width":1536}],"width":1536},"slug":"brazil-anp-september-2026-exploration-contracts-well-starts","sources":[{"checkedAt":"2026-10-16","name":"ANP, Superintendência de Exploração","publishedAt":"2026-10-15","url":"https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/centrais-de-conteudo/publicacoes/boletins-anp/arquivos-informe-mensal-de-exploracao/2026/setembro-26.pdf"}],"summary":"Brazilian petroleum regulator ANP’s September report, released on 15 October, records 411 exploration blocks under contract and 25 discovery assessments in progress as of 30 September. 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