Offshore staff
PARIS – TotalEnergies and APA Corp. have encountered oil with the Sapakara South-1 appraisal well on block 58 offshore Suriname.
The drillship Maersk Valiant drilled the Sapakara South-1 well in 850 m (2,789 ft) of water, 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of the Sapakara West-1 well. It delivered 30 m (98.4 ft) net oil pay in a good-quality Campano-Maastrichtian reservoir.
Previous discoveries, aside from Sapakara West, were Maka Central, Kwaskwasi and Keskesi.
Kevin McLachlan, senior vice president Exploration at TotalEnergies, said the result of the latest well was very similar to Keskesi earlier this year.
“These repeated positive results confirm our strategy which targets large resource volumes at low development costs…This encourages us to continue our effort, jointly with our partner, to add to the resource base while conducting the appraisal operations designed to prove a commercial oil development.”
Operations will continue with the Maersk Valiant next drilling the Bonboni-1 well.
07/29/2021
