Total Plans Exploratory In Offshore Lebanon Block 4
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An offshore exploratory test is planned in the Lebanese sector of the Mediterranean Sea in Block 4. According to Paris-based Total SA, Block 4 is a less prospective block than Block 9, but the company plans to use exploration at Block 4 to test the northward extension of Oligocene and Miocene sandstones (Tamar sands) found in offshore Israel’s Leviathan and Tamar fields. Block 9 also has possible reserves in its carbonate limestone formations, similar in geology to offshore Egypt’s Zohr Field and Cyprus’s Calypso prospect. Partners in the exploration project are Total, Eni and Novatek.
Description
An offshore exploratory test is planned in the Lebanese sector of the Mediterranean Sea in Block 4. According to Paris-based Total SA, Block 4 is a less prospective block than Block 9, but the company plans to use exploration at Block 4 to test the northward extension of Oligocene and Miocene sandstones (Tamar sands) found in offshore Israel’s Leviathan and Tamar fields. Block 9 also has possible reserves in its carbonate limestone formations, similar in geology to offshore Egypt’s Zohr Field and Cyprus’s Calypso prospect. Partners in the exploration project are Total, Eni and Novatek.