GulfSlope Energy To Drill Subsalt Exploratory In Ship Shoal Block 336
Drilling Activity Details
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United States
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Well Name
#1 OCS G36121
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Drilling Activity Summary
Description
A subsalt exploratory test was drilled by GulfSlope Energy Inc. on the Houston-based company’s Tau prospect in Ship Shoal Block 336 (OCS G35244). The #1 OCS G36121 was drilled to an estimated total depth of 29,728 ft, and it bottomed south in Block 351. Water depth in the area is 305 ft. According to GulfSlope, the exploratory test was to be drilled through almost 10,000 ft of salt, testing Upper and Middle Miocene sands. Numerous Pleistocene wells have been drilled on Block 351 and under previous lease OCS G26078, and field production from 2007 through 2016 totaled 2.4 MMbbl of crude/condensate, 2.9 Bcf of gas and 3.8 MMbbl of water from 8,540-9,506 ft.
Description
A subsalt exploratory test was drilled by GulfSlope Energy Inc. on the Houston-based company’s Tau prospect in Ship Shoal Block 336 (OCS G35244). The #1 OCS G36121 was drilled to an estimated total depth of 29,728 ft, and it bottomed south in Block 351. Water depth in the area is 305 ft. According to GulfSlope, the exploratory test was to be drilled through almost 10,000 ft of salt, testing Upper and Middle Miocene sands. Numerous Pleistocene wells have been drilled on Block 351 and under previous lease OCS G26078, and field production from 2007 through 2016 totaled 2.4 MMbbl of crude/condensate, 2.9 Bcf of gas and 3.8 MMbbl of water from 8,540-9,506 ft.