Total in Angolan offshore oil discovery
Posted: 23 October 2009
Total subsidiary, TEPA (Block 17/06) Limited, and Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol E.P.), discovered oil on Block 17/06, in the deep waters of the Angolan offshore.
Gardenia-1 is the first well and the first discovery made on Block 17/06. It was drilled in a water depth of 977 meters.
The well discovered hydrocarbon reservoirs, both in the Miocene and the Oligocene. On the Miocene interval, the well produced 4,000 barrels per day (b/d) of 25 API° oil during tests.
This first discovery of Gardenia-1 confirms the potential of the north-western part of Block 17/06. A campaign of further drilling on the block will start on the fourth quarter 2009.
Sonangol E.P. is the concessionary of Block 17/06. TEPA (Block 17/06) Limited is the operator with a 30 per cent stake. The other partners on Block 17/06 are Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção, S.A. (30 per cent), SSI Seventeen Limited (27.5 per cent), ACREP Bloco 17 S.A. (5 per cent), Falcon Oil Holding Angola, S.A. (5 per cent) and PARTEX Oil and Gas (Holdings) Corporation (2.5 per cent).
Posted by Richard Price, Editor, EnergyME.com
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