Ophir gas discovery offshore Equatorial Guinea exceeds expectations
July 26, 2012
Ophir Energy’s Tonel-1 (R-4) well in block R offshore Equatorial Guinea is a gas discovery, the company says.
Offshore staff
LONDON –Ophir Energy’s Tonel-1 (R-4) well in block R offshore Equatorial Guinea is a gas discovery, the company says.
A 182m (597 ft) gas-bearing column was encountered containing a total 117m (384 ft) of net pay in mid-Miocene aged sands, trapped within a thrust belt anticline. Gross in place mean resources for Tonel-1 (R-4) are estimated at 1.1tcf with gross recoverable mean resources of 800 bcf.
TheErik Raude rig now moves to appraisal and satellite exploration drilling around Ophir’s previous Fortuna-1 (R-2) gas discovery.
