Kosmos Energy Provides Update on Exploration Drilling Program Offshore Mauritania
October 30 2017 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Kosmos Energy (NYSE: KOS) (LSE: KOS) announced today that it has
completed drilling the Hippocampe-1 exploration well located in
Block C-8 offshore Mauritania in approximately 2,600 meters of
water.
Designed to test Lower Cenomanian and Albian reservoirs charged
from the deeper Valanginian – Neocomian source, the Hippocampe–1
well was drilled to a total depth of 5,500 meters. Well-developed
reservoirs were encountered in both exploration targets but these
proved to be water bearing. The well will now be plugged and
abandoned. It is believed that this prospect failed due to a lack
of charge access in this part of the play fairway.
Andrew G. Inglis, chairman and chief executive officer, said:
“Following on from our Yaakar discovery earlier this year,
Hippocampe-1 is the second of four tests of independent prospects
located in the outboard basin floor fan fairways in our Mauritania
and Senegal acreage. Although the well did not encounter oil or
gas, it has, together with Yaakar, confirmed the presence of
quality cretaceous reservoir in the outboard basin floor fans,
which contain multiple leads and prospects, more than 200
kilometers from the north to south through our blocks. We are still
in the early stages of opening this newly emerging basin and our
forward drilling program remains unchanged given the independent
nature of the prospect tests, in particular with regard to
charge.”
The Ensco DS 12 drillship will now proceed as planned to Block
C-12 offshore Mauritania to test the independent Lamantin oil
prospect. The Lamantin prospect is located approximately 80
kilometers offshore and 180 kilometers northeast of Hippocampe in
2,185 meters of water. The prospect comprises Campanian age
reservoirs charged from the shallow, immediately underlying, oil
prone, oil mature Albian and Cenomanian–Turonian source rocks.
Kosmos holds rights in the C-6, C-8, C-12, C-13, and C-18
contract areas under production sharing contracts with the
Government of Mauritania’s Société Mauritanienne Des Hydrocarbures
et de Patrimoine Minier (SMHPM). The blocks range in water depth
between 100 and 3,000 meters, and have combined acreage of over
40,000 square kilometers gross. Kosmos is the exploration operator
of Block C-8 with 28 percent equity and is joined by its partners
BP (LSE:BP) (62 percent) and SMHPM (10 percent).
About Kosmos Energy
Kosmos is a leading independent oil and gas exploration and
production company focused on frontier and emerging areas along the
Atlantic Margin. Our assets include existing production and
development projects offshore Ghana, large discoveries offshore
Mauritania and Senegal, as well as exploration licenses with
significant hydrocarbon potential offshore Suriname, Sao Tome and
Principe, Morocco and Western Sahara. As an ethical and transparent
company, Kosmos is committed to doing things the right way. The
Company’s Business Principles articulate our commitment
to transparency, ethics, human rights, safety and the environment.
Read more about this commitment in the Kosmos 2016 Corporate
Responsibility Report. Kosmos is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange and the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
KOS. For additional information, visit www.kosmosenergy.com.
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