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Developments of Energy Resourrces
and was drilled in deep water to at a total depth of 4,500 m. The
preliminary evaluation of the discovered reserves (P3) was given as
400 million barrels of light oil. On October 2012, Pemex confirmed
a deep-water discovery of light oil at its “Supremus-1” well, in Gulf
of Mexico
i
. The discovery, located in the Perdido Fold Belt was
estimated to hold between 75 and 125 million barrels of oil.
In
Norway
, a group led by Statoil has made a second giant oil and
gas discovery in the Barents Sea off Norway at Havis, close to the
group’s early 2011 Skrugard discovery on the same license
ii
. Statoil
estimated 400- 600 million barrels of oil equivalent recoverable from
the two discoveries, including 200- 300million barrels of oil equivalent
from the new one. The “7220/7-1” well penetrated a 48 m gas column
and a 128 m oil column. Havis was drilled to 2,200 m vertical depth
in 365 m of water. President and chief executive officer of Statoil, said
“the discovery’s volume and reservoir properties make it Skrugard’s
twin”, the Skrugard and Havis open up a new petroleum province in
the north Sea”, he added. Oil and natural- gas companies are expected
to invest a record $31 billion in Norway 2012.
In
Mozambique
, in Q3 2012, Eni said a giant discovery at its
Mamba North East-2 prospect well added 10 trillion cubic feet of gas
to the potential of Mozambique’s offshore “Area 4”. The well went
to 5,365 m in 1,994 m of water 60 km off the Capo Delgado coast.
The well encountered 200 m of gas pay in stacked multiple high-
quality Oligocene, Eocene, and Paleocene sands
iii
.
In Q4 2012, Eni has made two more giant gas discoveries in the Mamba
complex inArea 4. The “Mamba South 2” and “Coral 2” delineation wells
i
World Oil, 27/11/2012
ii
Oil and Gas Journal, 9/1/2012
iii
Oil and Gas Journal, 1/8/2012
