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have added 6 trillion cubic feet to the Area 4 reserves base, bringing them
to estimated 23 trillion cubic feet in place, with potential of 75 trillion
cubic feet throughout the Mamba complex. “Mamba South 2” was drilled
in ,1918 m of water to a total depth of 4,300 m, and intersected 60 m
of gas pay in good quality Oligocene reservoirs. While “Coral 2” was
drilled in 1,950 m of water to a total depth of 4,725 m and encountered
140 m of gas pay in good quality Eocene reservoirs
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In general, including OAPEC members discoveries, available
data suggested 103 discoveries in 2012, 63 of which were oil and
40 were gas discoveries. It is notable that 16 discoveries were
covered by 1,000 m of water, as shown in
Table (F)
. This clearly
indicates the increasing importance of deep waters as an exploration
target, supported by technology development in different aspects of
petroleum industry.
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Country
Discovery
Water Depth (m)
Australia
Satyr-3
1,120
Angola
Azul-1
923
Brazil
1-BRSA-1080-CES
2,129
Carcara
2,027
1-BRSA-925A RJS
1,747
4-GLF-31-ESS
1,520
Tanzania
Zafarani-1
2,582
Joradi-1
1,150
Côte d’Ivoire
Paon-1X
2,193
Ghana
Pecan-1
2,513
Sankofa East-1X
825
Occupied Palestine
Tanin
1,554
Mozambique
Mamba North East-2
1,994
Coral-2
1,950
Mamba South-2
1,918
USA
Big Bend
2,195
Table F: Some discoveries in deep water in 2012
