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Q2 2018 WELLS TO WATCH
"With the recovery of oil and gas prices, global investment opportunities are growing, and staying on top of this new activity can be challenging. In this report, Drillinginfo experts from around the globe pinpoint 36 of the top wells and exploration drilling programmes to watch through the remainder of 2018. These include regionally significant prospects on and offshore from 23 countries, representing high profile new-field wildcats (NFWs) targeting conventional and unconventional plays and some appraisals seeking to prove key discoveries."
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AFRICA Well Count: 7
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1 Samo 1
Well ID: 1952000005
Block Name: A2
Operator: Erin
Spud Date: Q3 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: MSGBC Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Albian sandstone
Comment: Same reservoirs to be targeted as SNE discovery. Seismic reprocessing to precede drilling. First modern offshore well.
Gambia
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2 Total NFW
Well ID: 1902003323
Block Name: Block 48/16
Operator: Total
Spud Date: H2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Lower Congo Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Assumed to be targeting Tertiary sandstones
Comment: 1 well commitment by end-2019 under joint exploration agreement between Total & Sonangol.
Angola
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3 Comorant 1
Well ID: 1938000064
Block Name: 2012B
Operator: Tullow
Spud Date: September 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Walvis Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Cretaceous sandstone base of slope turbidite fan
Comment: 1st NFW in Namibia for 5 yrs, game-changer if successful. Partner AziNam to drill 3 wells: Comoront 1, Osprey 1 (PEL 30), then S1 (PEL 71), contingent on Comorant success.
Namibia
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4 Brulpadda 1AX
Well ID: 1948000440
Block Name: Block 11B/12B
Operator: Total
Spud Date: H2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Southern Outeniqua Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Early cretaceous basin floor fan
Comment: Re-drill of Brulpadda 1AX. To take 60-80 days to drill. 5Bbo prospect.
South Africa
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5 Hammerkop 1
Well ID: 1951000144
Block Name: Rukwa South Basin
Operator: Heritage Oil
Spud Date: November 2018
Environment: Land
Basin: Rukwa Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Lower Lake Beds Neogene sandstone & Oligocene Nsungwe Fm. Secondary Cretaceous Galuda Fm.
Comment: Potential new branch of East African Rift System.
Tanzania
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AMERICAS Well Count: 9
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1 Bon Bini 1X
Well ID: 2030000009
Block Name: Aruba offshore
Operator: Repsol
Spud Date: H2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: South Caribbean Deformed Belt
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Oligocene to Miocene carbonates
Comment: Deepwater frontier wildcat north and east of Aruba will target a large four-way structure (carbonate build up). Further Lagadishi, Dushi and Kinikini prospects identified.
Aruba
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2 Longtail-1
Well ID: 2032000086
Block Name: Stabroek
Operator: ExxonMobil
Spud Date: Q2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Guyana-Suriname Basin
Well Classification: Appraisal
Objective: Late Cretaceous
Comment: Similar play type to Liza; stratigraphic play type on the rim of the bowl.
Guyana
4 Anapai-1 & 1A
Well ID: 2046000867
Block Name: Block 45
Operator: Kosmos
Spud Date: April 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Guyana-Suriname Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Late Cretaceous sandstone
Comment: First of two high-impact oil tests to be drilled by Kosmos in Suriname in 2018. Pmean resource potential circa 700 MMboe. Anapai 1A re-drill in May 2018 due to stability issues.
3 Aurora-1
Well ID: 2046000888
Block Name: Block 42
Operator: Kosmos
Spud Date: Q3 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Guyana-Suriname Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Late Cretaceous sandstone
Comment: Second high-impact oil tests to be drilled by Kosmos in Suriname in 2018 following Anapai. 'Liza' type structural-stratigraphic target.
Suriname
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5 Aspy D-11
Well ID: 2060004318
Block Name: EL 2434
Operator: BP
Spud Date: April 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Scotian Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Abenaki Late Jurassic carbonates
Comment: The first well to be drilled as part of BP’s Scotian Basin exploration drilling project, spanning ELs 2431, 2432, 2433 & 2434.
Canada
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7 Jaguar X-6
Well ID: 2017001957
Block Name: Huacareta
Operator: Shell
Spud Date: June 2018
Environment: Land
Basin: Tarija Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Huamampampa Devonaian sandstone & shale
Comment: On trend with prolific producing Margarita gas field, non producing block has 13.5 Tcfg assessed potential, multi Tcfg prospect, deep high potential well.
6 Nancahuazu-X1
Well ID: 2017001935
Block Name: Azero
Operator: Total
Spud Date: Q3 2018
Environment: Land
Basin: Tarija Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Assumed Huamampampa Devonian sandstone & shale
Comment: Deep high potential well, 5Tcfg in resources estimated by YPFB for block.
Bolivia
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9 Yaaxtaab 1
Well ID: 2037034479
Block Name: AE-0013-Pilar de Akal-Kayab-04
Operator: Pemex
Spud Date: November 2017
Environment: Shelf
Basin: Pilar Reforma-Akal Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Jurassic pre-salt
Comment: First Mexican pre-salt well to investigate the Akal Fold Belt. Est. cost ~ US$ 128MM. Pemex believes 39 MMboe in new reserves. Approximatly 500m of salt at 6,000m.
8 Amatitlan OPS-1
Well ID: 2037034061
Block Name: AE-0382-M-Amatitlan
Operator: Lumex
Spud Date: Q2 2018
Environment: Land
Basin: Tampico-Misantla Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Pimienta Late Jurassic shale
Comment: Onshore unconventional well targeting Late Jurassic shale.
Mexico
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ASIA PACIFIC Well Count: 15
1 Dorado 1
Well ID: 1410030021
Block Name: WA-437-P
Operator: Quadrant
Spud Date: May 2018
Environment: Shelf
Basin: Roebuck Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Caley sandstone & Milne sandstone
Comment: Caley Sst - Prospective Resources Estimate Pmean of 545 Bcfg & 31 MMbc & Deeper test in Milne Sst - Pmean of 2 Tcfg & 110 MMbc. Potential new deeper play opener test in the Milne Sst.
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Australia
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2 Baldfish 1 & Hairtail 1
Well ID: 1410030173
Block Name: VIC/P70
Operator: ExxonMobil
Spud Date: H2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Gippsland Basin
Well Classification: Exploration
Objective: Latrobe reservoirs
Comment: Significant appraisal/exploration of Dory gas discovery. Estimated to hold 2C resources of 2Tcfg.
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3 Kanchan 1
Well ID: 1102000439
Block Name: SS-04
Operator: ONGC
Spud Date: Q4 2018
Environment: Land
Basin: Bengal Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Miocene clastics
Comment: First NFW to be drilled in the area since 2008 and if successful will be significant for further offshore exploration in the Bengal Basin.
Bangladesh
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5 GBBDW-II-B-SH
Well ID: 1104003844
Block Name: BB-OS-DW-II
Operator: ONGC
Spud Date: Q4 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Saurashtra Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Neogene Chinchini & Mahim formations
Comment: Aimed at establishing prospectivity beyond shelf margin.
India
6 Sadiya 1
Well ID: 1104004079
Block Name: AA-ONN-2010/3
Operator: OIL
Spud Date: Q4 2018
Environment: Land
Basin: Assam Shelf
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Oligocene Barail Group
Comment: To date no exploratory drilling has taken place in the area.
4 Aung Siddhi 1
Well ID: 1016002183
Block Name: AD-1
Operator: Woodside
Spud Date: May 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Rakhine Offshore Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Pliocene turbidites
Comment: Planned for May 2018. 130 day drilling campaign. Revised from 4Q 2017. Woodside/CNPC joint operators. Estimated resource potential > 100 Mmboe. Possible 1+1 option well programme.
Myanmar
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8 Snow Leopard 1
Well ID: 1703000010
Block Name: Block V
Operator: Petro Matad
Spud Date: July 2018
Environment: Land
Basin: Mongol-Okhotsk Folded Region/Gobi Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Early Cretaceous and Late Jurassic sandstone
Comment: Targeting multiple stacked reservoirs of proven oil producing play found in the Tamtsag & East Gobi basins in Mongolia and Hailar, Erlian & Songliao basins in Eastern China.
Mongolia
7 Wild Horse 1
Well ID: 1703000011
Block Name: Block IV
Operator: Petro Matad
Spud Date: Q3 2018
Environment: Land
Basin: Mongol-Okhotsk Folded Region
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Early Cretaceous and Late Jurassic sandstone
Comment: The Takhi Prospect (Wild Horse Prospect) comprises a large faulted anticline with several stacked reservoir objectives.
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9 Ca Lang 1X
Well ID: 1019001040
Block Name: 120
Operator: Eni
Spud Date: H2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Song Hong Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Miocene carbonate
Comment: To be drilled between May-mid-June 2018. Unspecified estimated resource in the range between 125.7-1,311 MMbo. Located about 14.5km due east of former operator BHP’s 1993 Ca Sau 1 wildcat (oil shows).
Vietnam
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12 A14-1 & A26-1
Well ID: 1012034896
Block Name: Bone
Operator: Jadestone
Spud Date: H2 2018
Environment: Shelf
Basin: Bone Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Tacipi limestone
Comment: Extends Sengkuang Basin Tacipi reef gas play offshore into Bone Bay. A14-1 318 Bcfg & A26-1 710 Bcfg Pmean in place prospective resources.
11 Paus Hitam 1
Well ID: 1012014645
Block Name: Sokang
Operator: Black Platinum
Spud Date: H2 2018
Environment: Shelf
Basin: East Natuna Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Pliocene sandstone
Comment: NE-SW trending 4-way dip closure. 878 Bcfg P50 recoverable prospective resources.
Indonesia
10 15-1/05-LDT-1X
Well ID: 1019001147
Block Name: Block 15-1/05
Operator: PetroVietnam
Spud Date: Q2 2018
Environment: Shelf
Basin: Cuu Long Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Early Oligocene Tra Coi Fm.
Comment: Lac Da Trang prospect follows successful Lac Da Vang drilling campaign.
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13 Muruk 2
Well ID: 1424100125
Block Name: PPL 402
Operator: Oil Search
Spud Date: Q4 2018
Environment: Land
Basin: New Guinea Mobile Belt
Well Classification: Appraisal
Objective: Cretaceous Toro Fm. sandstone
Comment: The appraisal is 11km step-out to test resource upside of the Muruk 1 gas discovery which flowed at an equipment constrained rate of 16 MMcfg/d on a 32/64” choke.
Papua New Guinea
14 Antelope South 1
Well ID: 1424100100
Block Name: PRL 15
Operator: Total
Spud Date: H2 2018
Environment: Land
Basin: New Guinea Mobile Belt
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Miocene carbonate
Comment: Antelope gas field extension. Multi-Tcfg prospect. To be possibly drilled in 2018.
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15 Mailu 1
Well ID: 1424100128
Block Name: PPL 576
Operator: Total
Spud Date: Q4 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: New Guinea Mobile Belt
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Eocene carbonate
Comment: New play opener. To be possibly drilled in 2018.
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EUROPE Well Count: 7
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1 Santola 1
Well ID: 1828000167
Block Name: Santola
Operator: Eni
Spud Date: H2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Alentejo-Guadalquivir Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Jurassic
Comment: The first well to be drilled on the frontier acreage. Analogous with the East Canadian conjugate margin. Delayed since Q3 2016 but received environmental clearance in May 2018.
Portugal
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2 Shell NFW
Well ID: 1205002061
Block Name: 1-14 Han Kubrat
Operator: Shell
Spud Date: H2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Black Sea Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Oligocene turbidites
Comment: First deepwater NFW on block, and only 2 deepwater NFWs drilled in Bulgaria to date.
Bulgaria
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3 Cuttlefish 1
Well ID: 1835000054
Block Name: Block 3
Operator: Eni
Spud Date: Q2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Levant Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Miocene sandstone
Comment:Second 2018 Cyprus well following Calypso 1. If successful it would be the first discovery in the north of the Levant Basin confirming the extension of the Cenozoic play north from the Israeli discoveries and Aphrodite. Some of the Lebanese acreage would also be de-risked to an extent.
Cyprus
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Norway
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4 7321/4-1 Gråspett
Well ID: 1827007111
Block Name: 7321/4
Operator: DEA
Spud Date: Q4 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Troms-Bjornoya Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Triassic Snadd Fm.
Comment: Targeting 32-263 MMboe (P90-P10) in Triassic Snadd and Jurassic Stø formations. Northward migration of Barents exploration with 3-4 nearby prospects planned to drill in 2018/9. Note also high environmental sensitivity.
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6 7335/3-1 Korpfjell Deep
Well ID: 1827007339
Block Name: 7335/3
Operator: Statoil
Spud Date: Q2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Barents Sea Platform
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Early Triassic Havert sandstone
Comment: SE Barents frontier NFW near Russian border, targeting 26-1,427 MMboe resources (P90-P10).
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5 7132/2-1 Gjøkåsen
Well ID: 1827007376
Block Name: 7132/2
Operator: Statoil
Spud Date: Q2 2018
Environment: Deepwater
Basin: Tiddlybanken Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Cretaceous Advent Valley Group, Triassic/Jurassic Stø, Nordmela,Tubåen and Fruholmen fms and Snadd
Comment: S Barents Sea on the Norway/Russian border Est. 26-1,427 Mmboe.
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7 Kampen
Well ID: 1826006471
Block Name: G18
Operator: Hansa
Spud Date: Q2 2018
Environment: Shelf
Basin: Northwest German Basin
Well Classification: New-field wildcat
Objective: Havel Permian sandstone
Comment: Kampen on NL/German offshore border Est.3.9 Tcfg in place (GIIP) mean prospective resources targeting the Permian Lower Rotliegend Havel play (new play, on trend with Ruby).
Netherlands
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