THE PARTNERS IN block 15/06 have announced a successful oil discovery in the Cabaça South East-2 well in block 15/06, located offshore Angola.p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">THE PARTNERS IN block 15/06 have announced a successful oil discovery in the Cabaça South East-2 well in block 15/06, located offshore Angola.
"I am very pleased with the successful discovery in block 15/06. This illustrates that this profilic basin will continue to deliver significant volumes to Statoil, also in the future," said senior vice president for Statoil's Global Exploration, Tim Dodson.
Statoil holds a 5 per cent stake in block 15/06, which has proven to be an important venture for the company enabling Statoil to deepen its knowledge of the deep water reservoir in Angola.
"To date seven out of eight exploration wells have been commercial discoveries, which proves that our exploration activities carried out so far have been a success," said Dodson.
All exploration activities have been carried out in full compliance with safety and environmental protection standards.
The Cabaça South East-2 well, located at a depth of 470 m, at a distance of about 100 km from the coast, successfully appraised the Cabaça South East discovery. The well was drilled using Saipem's semisub Scarabeo 7.
During production tests, the well flowed high quality 34° API degrees oil at rates of about 7,000 bpd. The rates were limited by surface facilities.
Evaluations indicate that the appraisal well has increased the initial estimate of oil in place for the discovery by 30 per cent and that a second productive hub in the North East area, which will double the expected production of block 15/06, is now a reality. Eni will work together with Sonangol and partners to accelerate the development of this second hub.
Eni has a 35 per cent working interest and is the operator in block 15/06, while Sonangol E&P is the concessionaire.