HRT Participacoes em Petroleo S.A. Adopts Endeeper Solution for Petrographic Data Management

    PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL, October 04, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- HRT Participacoes em Petroleo S.A, which has achieved 11 important discoveries in the sedimentary basin of Solimoes, has chosen Petroledge and Graphledge software for data management of petrographic analyses. Petroledge system can be used for performing descriptions of sedimentary and carbonate rocks.

PhD Luiz Henrique Boff, Endeeper's CEO, commented: "Petrography is an important area for improving the accuracy of reservoir quality prediction models. The Endeeper solution contributes significantly to the HRT laboratory analysis process, because Petroledge standardizes and optimizes the petrographic analysis process, reducing costs and making easier to integrate and to use petrographic data in geological models."

About Endeeper

Endeeper is a provider of software and services for knowledge management and data integration of geological data. A complete range of software is available for geological analyses based on petrological characteristics of the rock, providing a sophisticated support for information capture and robust data sharing through databases in corporate environments.

The Products & Services portfolio is composed by a range of solutions that combine geology, computer science and knowledge management. The portfolio includes software for petrography, software for reservoir characterization, software development, custom projects, and training on geology, computer science and knowledge management.

For further information, please visit www.endeeper.com.

About HRT

HRT Participacoes holds one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in Brazil. HRT retains a 55% interest in 21 exploratory blocks in the Solimoes Basin.

For further information, please visit www.hrt.com.br/ir.

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