OREANDA-NEWS. October 10, 2011. HRT Participacoes em Petroleo S.A. (“Company” or “HRT”) (BM&FBOVESPA: HRTP3, TSX-V: HRP), continuing the process of disclosing the progress of the well drilling in the areas under concession, announces the status of operations with position on today’s date at 3:00pm.

Well 1-HRT-1-AM

After final logging, the well was cased with 7" liner and cemented, isolating the interest intervals for production test. The current activities to prepare the tests include manufacture of fluid completion, assembly and test equipment for well testing, and transport of gas burners and containers for oil collection.

Well 1-HRT-2-AM Current depth: 3,085m.

Current status: Preparing the well to perform the intermediate logging. After this process, the well will be cased with 95/8" casing and cemented, in preparation for drilling the 4th phase*. In this phase the reservoirs of interest will be penetrated.

Zone of interest forecast for depth between 3,100m and 3,500m.

Well 1-HRT-4-AM Current depth: 2,019m.

Current status: Drilling the 3rd phase*, in the Carauari Formation, after drilling the third sill. Zone of interest forecast for depth between 2,360m and 2,700m.

Well 1-HRT-5-AM

The drilling rig is under mobilization to the location 192-1, in the Block SOL-T-192, approximately 66 km away from the well 1-HRT-3-AM. Rig 95% disassembled.

*           3rd Phase: Drilling, logging and running the 95/8" intermediary casing.

*           4rd Phase: Drilling, logging, running the 7" liner, cementing and doing the production test.