CGX Energy Inc. and partner Frontera Energy Corp. have discovered hydrocarbons with the Kawa-1 exploration well in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana.
TORONTO – CGX Energy Inc. and partner Frontera Energy Corp. have discovered hydrocarbons with the Kawa-1 exploration well in the Corentyne block offshore Guyana.
The Kawa-1 well encountered about 177 ft (54 m) of hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs within Maastrichtian, Campanian, and Santonian horizons based on initial evaluation of logging-while-drilling data. These intervals are similar in age and can be correlated using regional seismic data to recent successes in block 58 in Suriname and the Stabroek block in Guyana, CGX said.
(Courtesy Frontera Energy)
The well also encountered hydrocarbon-bearing sands in deeper strata (Coniacian or older) which will also be analyzed and could become the target of future appraisal opportunities. The net pay and fluid properties of the hydrocarbons across the shallow and deep reservoirs will now be confirmed with electric wireline logging and fluid sampling.
The semisubmersible Maersk Discoverer drilled the Kawa-1 well to a depth of 21,578 ft (6,578 m) and targeted the easternmost Campanian and Santonian channel/lobe complex on the northern section of the Corentyne block.
The company said the results support the joint venture’s geological and geophysical models and have helped de-risk equivalent targets in other parts of the Corentyne license area.
CGX expects the Maersk Discoverer to spud the Wei-1 exploration well in the northwestern part of the Corentyne block in the second half of 2022. It will target Campanian and Santonian aged stacked channels in the western fan complex in the northern section of the block.
