Eni has struck oil in the Meleiha Concession in the Western Desert of Egypt.
Eni has struck oil in the Meleiha Concession in the Western Desert of Egypt. The Arcadia 9 well was drilled on the Arcadia South structure 1.5 km south of the main Arcadia field already in production. The well encountered 85 ft of oil column in the Cretaceous sandstones of the Alam El Bueib 3G formation. Two development wells, Arcadia 10 and Arcadia 11, have since been drilled. The first encountered a 25 ft oil column and the second 80 ft, within the Alam El Bueib 3G formation. Arcadia 11 also encountered 20 ft of oil pay in the overlying Alam El Bueib 3D formation. Eni holds a 38% interest in the Meleiha concession while Lukoil holds 12% and EGPC 50%.
Horizon has started drilling two infill wells in the Weizhou 6-12 fields of Block 22/12, Beibu Gulf, offshore China. The two-well infill drilling programme is targeting undeveloped reserves in the WZ6- 12 area, including the WZ6-12-A11 well into the producing WZ6-12 North field, and the WZ6-12 A3S2 well into last year’s WZ6-12 M1 discovery. The two wells will provide valuable reservoir data to determine production and reservoir performance in both the WZ6-12 N and WZ6-12 M1 oil pools. Participants are CNOOC (operator) 51%, Horizon Oil (Beibu) 26.95%, Roc Oil 19.60%, and Majuko Corp 2.45%.
Lundin is drilling wildcat well 16/4- 13 S in production licence PL 359 about 6 km northwest of the discovery well 16/4-6 S on the Solveig field in the North Sea.
ConocoPhillips wildcat well 6507/5-10 S, 23 km north of the Heidrun field in the Norwegian Sea and 220 km west of Brønnøysund, has proved petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Early Jurassic Age (Åre Formation) and Triassic Age (‘Grey Beds’). The well encountered an oil column of 270 m in the Åre Formation, a total of 90 m of which are sandstone layers with generally very good reservoir properties. The discovery is estimated at 12 and 32 million Sm3 of recoverable oil equivalent. Extensive data acquisition was carried out.
Vista Oil and Gas has confirmed shale oil from two wells in the Bajada del Palo Oeste of the Vaca Muerta play in Argentina. The two wells confirm the potential of the Lower Carbonate landing zone of Vaca Muerta in Bajada del Palo Oesteas. The Lower Carbonate has an average total organic content of 5.2%, an average total porosity of 12.7% and an average water saturation of 26%. According to the geological model, this could add up to 150 new wells to our existing drilling inventory of 400 wells in Bajada del Palo Oeste.
Petronas and Exxon Mobil have discovered hydrocarbons in Suriname with the successful drilling of the Sloanea-1 exploration well located in Block 52. Block 52, which covers an area of 4749 km2, is located north of the coast of Paramaribo within the prospective Suriname-Guyana basin. The Sloanea-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of 4780 m, encountering several hydrocarbon-bearing sandstone packages with good reservoir qualities in the Campanian section.
