BP Completes Three-well, Offshore Mauritania, Senegal Appraisals Wells
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BP Plc completed a three-well offshore drilling campaign in Mauritania and Senegal with three appraisal wells, #1-GTA, #2-Yakaar and #1-Orca. The Tortue Field wells encountered gas in high-quality reservoirs in all nine zones. The results indicate a possible new development in Yakaar-Teranga in Senegal and in the Bir Allah/Orca area in southern Mauritania Block C8. In total, the wells encountered 160 m of net pay. The most recent completion, #1-Orca in Block C8 in offshore Mauritania, successfully encountered all five of the targeted gas sands. The well was then further deepened to reach an additional target, which also encountered gas. Tortue Field is located on the maritime border between Mauritania and Senegal and is being developed as the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project. BP’s partners in the offshore Mauritania blocks are Kosmos Energy and SMHPM.
BP Plc completed a three-well offshore drilling campaign in Mauritania and Senegal with three appraisal wells, #1-GTA, #2-Yakaar and #1-Orca. The Tortue Field wells encountered gas in high-quality reservoirs in all nine zones. The results indicate a possible new development in Yakaar-Teranga in Senegal and in the Bir Allah/Orca area in southern Mauritania Block C8. In total, the wells encountered 160 m of net pay. The most recent completion, #1-Orca in Block C8 in offshore Mauritania, successfully encountered all five of the targeted gas sands. The well was then further deepened to reach an additional target, which also encountered gas. Tortue Field is located on the maritime border between Mauritania and Senegal and is being developed as the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project. BP’s partners in the offshore Mauritania blocks are Kosmos Energy and SMHPM.