Petronas, Exxon Mobil make third oil find on Block 52 offshore Suriname

Offshore staff

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Petronas has discovered oil and gas in Block 52 offshore Suriname.

The Fusaea-1 exploration well, 170 km offshore and 9 km east of the Roystonea-1 discovery on the same block, was drilled to a TD of 5,227 m. It encountered several oil and gas-bearing Campanian sandstone reservoir packages.

Evaluation continues to determine the extent of this latest find, the third on the block after Roystonea and Sloanea.

Block 52, covering a 4,749-sq-km are north of Paramaribo, is in the Suriname-Guyana Basin. Petronas Suriname E&P operates in partnership with Exxon Mobil.

05.16.2024