The well hit an oil column of at least 60 meters in the Garn Formation and an oil column of at least 120 meters in the Tilje Formation.
Drilled by the Pacific Khamsin rig to a depth of 33,348 feet, the well found about 200 ft of net oil pay with good reservoir characteristics in Paleogene sandstone.
The Sapakara West-1 well hit gas condensate and oil, boosting confidence in the play located offshore Suriname.
The company reported the discovery of oil from a well west of the Horseshoe discovery and hydrocarbon pay from a sidetrack.
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Byron Energy’s latest well located on South Marsh Island Block 71 in shallow water Gulf of Mexico was flowing at a rate of 8.3 million cubic feet per day of gas.
MOL said preliminary evaluation of the main discovery shows recoverable resources between 12 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) and 71 MMboe.
Total, which holds a 30% working interest and is operator of the field, said the well was drilled in water about 80 m deep.
The company said the discovery well was drilled and completed at a depth of 1,596 m and encountered oil pay zones with a total thickness of about 20 m.
The company said the wells, which followed the Sigrun appraisal well drilled in 2018, aimed to prove extra resources and clarify commerciality.