BP has identified hydrocarbons in an exploration well at the deepwater Tupinambá block in Brazil’s Santos Basin, where Shell’s 50% working interest remains subject to regulatory approval. The company informed Brazil’s National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) of the hydrocarbon presence in well 1-BP-14-SPS, located 275 kilometers off the Brazilian coast in […]
The Shawal-1 well was spudded on Jan. 27, 2024, and drilled to a total depth of 1,136 m in the Ghazij Formation. Well testing yielded a flow rate of 1,040 bpd of 30° API crude with 12% BS&W and 2.5 MMscfd of associated gas, on a 32/64 in. choke with a wellhead pressure of 953 psi.
“Prospect I is one of the largest mapped structures in the Damara Fold Belt, is well imaged from 2D seismic, and demonstrates a four-way dip closure in which we expect to penetrate over 1,500 meters of Otavi reservoir. Drilling at the Prospect I location has been significantly derisked by the results of our first Damara Fold Belt well, Naingopo, which encountered reservoir in the Otavi carbonates, hydrocarbon shows and oil to surface. We are excited to drill this follow-on exploration well as we continue to look to unlock the significant hydrocarbon potential of the Damara Fold Belt.”