Inishkea is a large fault bounded Triassic structure in Slyne basin license FEL 4/19, northwest of the producing Corrib gas field.
The reservoir is Triassic age sandstone sourced from the underlying Carboniferous. Europa estimates potential resources in the 244-1,528 bcf range.
The company had intended to acquire a site survey this summer and had started the regulatory consent process in January.
It remains hopeful of securing approval before year-end, but the delay in granting permission means that site survey operations will now likely take place in 2020, with drilling pushed back to 2021 at the earliest.
