Mauritania: Kosmos Energy’s Hippocampe well is dry


Issue 357 - 09 Nov 2017 | 1 minute read

Kosmos Energy said on 30 October that its Hippocampe-1 exploration well in Block C-8 has failed to find hydrocarbons. The company said the well was drilled to a total depth of 5,500 metres in 2,600 metres of water. Well-developed reservoirs were encountered in the Lower Cenomanian and Albian targets but these proved to be water bearing. Kosmos said the prospect failed due to a lack of charge access in this part of the play fairway.

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