Drilling underway at Akeng Deep offshore Equatorial Guinea

The Noble Venturer drillship has spud the Akeng Deep infrastructure-led exploration well for Kosmos Energy in Block S offshore Namibia.

According to partner Panoro Energy, the well will target an Albian play with an estimated potential resource of ~180 MMbbl of oil, close to existing infrastructure in Block G.

Other partners are GEPetrol and Trident Energy.

In the Dussafu Marin license offshore Gabon (Panoro 17.5%), the Bourdon ILX well will be drilled early in 2025 at a location 7 km southeast of the BW MaBoMo platform and 14 km west of the BW Adolo FPSO.

The prospect could hold 29 MMbbl recoverable in the Gamba and Dentale formation.