Equatorial Guinea: Block S discovery for CNOOC


Issue 298 - 18 Apr 2015 | 1 minute read

The Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy has announced that CNOOC has discovered hydrocarbons in the S-3 exploration well on Block S. The ministry said the discovery was made in the Cretaceous Santonian interval. The operator is evaluating the results to assess commerciality. The S-3 well was drilled in October-November 2014 to a total depth of 3,768 metres, in a water depth of 905 metres. It is located about 2km south of the G-13-1 oil discovery drilled by Triton in 2001, and 2km west of the G-13-2 oil discovery drilled by Triton in 2003.

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