RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 30, 2012 /CNW/ - HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. (the "Company" or "HRT") (BM&FBOVESPA: HRTP3, TSX-V: HRP) announces that its subsidiary HRT O&G Exploração e Produção de Petróleo Ltda ("HRT O&G"), on January 29 at 11:45 a.m., spudded the well 4-HRT-7D-AM, in the prospect named Igarapé Maria (IMA), located in the Solimões Basin, in the Municipality of Coari-AM, in the Block SOL-T-194.

The objective of this drilling is to test a higher structural trend in relation to 1-HRT-4-AM, a gas and condensate discovery well, through a directional well. It has been drilled by the rig Tuscany-116, and is forecast to reach a final depth at around 3,150m with a 1,200m horizontal deviation in relation to the well 1-HRT-4-AM. The main targets of this drilling are the Juruá Formation reservoirs.

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