The Brazilian state oil companyPetrobras has made a second oil discovery in the Amazon region,
President Jose Sarney said.
    He said the well had an initial flow of 150,000 cubic
meters of gas and 220 barrels of oil per day. It is situated 14
kilometres from the first well to be discovered in the region
last year, which is currently yielding 500,000 cubic meters of
gas and 900 barrels of oil daily.
    The wells, the biggest onshore well in the country, are on
the banks of the river Uruc in the Amazon basin 3,600
kilometres (2,250 miles) north of Brasilia.
 Reuter
