Cairn Announces Test Results From Senegal South Fan Prospect
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Testing results were announced by Cairn Energy Plc from offshore Senegal well #1-FAN South in the South Fan prospect. The well hit a Lower Cretaceous hydrocarbon bearing reservoir. Preliminary analysis indicates 31-degree-gravity oil. Additional testing is planned to establish the potential commerciality of the resource in the Sangomar Deep block. It was drilled in 2,175 m of water to 5,343 m and was targeting an Upper Cretaceous stacked multilayer, channelized turbidite fan prospect and a Lower Cretaceous base of slope turbidite fan prospect, similar to #1-FAN. The #1-FAN South is being plugged and abandoned, and the rig is moving to work at the SNE North exploration prospect, which is 15 km north of #1-SNE and the most northerly location to be tested. SNE North prospect is targeting a prospective volume of more than 80 MMbbl of total resource in multiple objectives. Cairn is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Testing results were announced by Cairn Energy Plc from offshore Senegal well #1-FAN South in the South Fan prospect. The well hit a Lower Cretaceous hydrocarbon bearing reservoir. Preliminary analysis indicates 31-degree-gravity oil. Additional testing is planned to establish the potential commerciality of the resource in the Sangomar Deep block. It was drilled in 2,175 m of water to 5,343 m and was targeting an Upper Cretaceous stacked multilayer, channelized turbidite fan prospect and a Lower Cretaceous base of slope turbidite fan prospect, similar to #1-FAN. The #1-FAN South is being plugged and abandoned, and the rig is moving to work at the SNE North exploration prospect, which is 15 km north of #1-SNE and the most northerly location to be tested. SNE North prospect is targeting a prospective volume of more than 80 MMbbl of total resource in multiple objectives. Cairn is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.