Exploration

Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 31/11-1 S, the first exploration well in production licence 785 S.

Preliminary estimates place the potential of the Eban–Akoma complex between 500 and 700 million boe in place.

The Lewis Hills 3D volume is positioned in the Orphan Basin, with recent discoveries in the Flemish Pass and connecting further south to the productive Jeanne D’Arc Basin.

The Jabillo-1 well drilled by ExxonMobil in the Canje Block, offshore Guyana, did not show evidence of commercial hydrocarbons.

Qatar Petroleum has acquired interests in the South Outeniqua, DWOB and OBD blocks, all operated by TotalEnergies.

The programme work offshore Guyana is planned to be completed in 1Q22.

The seismic programme in Namibia's Kavango Sedimentary Basin, to be carried out by Polaris Geophysical, is expected to commence in the third week of July for an anticipated 6 – 8 week duration.

TotalEnergies will operate Blocks 6 and 8 offshore Suriname, with Qatar Petroleum and national company Staatsolie also holding interests.

The three 3D seismic surveys were acquired from Polarcus.

Norske Shell, Equinor, Idemitsu Petroleum Norway, INEOS E&P Norway, Lundin, OMV (Norway) and Vår Energi have been offered stakes in four production licences.

CGG has been awarded a subsurface imaging contract in the Barents Sea by Lundin Energy Norway.

The programme includes approximately 6175 km2 of reprocessed 3D seismic data from the mature, hydrocarbon-producing areas of South Timbalier, Grand Isle and Ewing Bank.

The latest preliminary estimates from the King and Prince exploration wells show volumes between 60-135 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalents.

The MoU defines the framework for further cooperation in the processing and interpretation of seismic data owned by the Republic of Indonesia by using Eni’s technologies and facilities, including the Green Data Centre supercomputers in Ferrera Erbognone, Italy, as well as seismic imaging algorithms.

The contract provides that the drilling rig can be on location in the Etame Marin block as early as December of this year.