Eni has made a potentially large oil and associated gas discovery in the Sureste basin offshore Mexico.
The Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well was drilled in 525 m of water in Block 9, 63 km offshore in the Cuenca Salina, reaching a TD of 2,931 m.
It delivered around 200 m net pay in hydrocarbon-bearing sands in the Pliocene and Miocene sequences. Eni estimates in-place resources of 300-400 MMboe.
The company operates the block under a 50-50 joint venture with Repsol.
Yopaat, along with earlier Eni discoveries in Blocks 7 and 10 in the same basin (more than 1.3 Bboe combined), could form the basis for a future hub development, Eni added.
