Europa aiming for Inishkea site survey next summer

Oct. 29, 2019
The site survey process for a drilling location at the Inishkea prospect offshore northwest Ireland continues, according to operator Europa Oil & Gas.

Offshore staff

DUBLIN, Ireland ā€“ The site survey process for a drilling location at the Inishkea prospect offshore northwest Ireland continues, according to operator Europa Oil & Gas.

The second public consultation was completed on Oct. 13, Ā and the company hopes to obtain permission for the survey to be conducted during summer 2020, to enable drilling to occur during 2021.

Inishkea is a large fault bounded Triassic structure in Slyne basin license FEL 4/19, northwest of the producing Corrib gas field.

The reservoir is Triassic age sandstone sourced from the underlying Carboniferous. Europa estimates potential resources in the 244-1,528 bcf range.

10/29/2019