Murphy Oil Drilling King Cake Prospect Exploratory In Atwater Valley Block 23
Drilling Activity Details
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United States
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Well Name
#1 OCS G35015
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Drilling Activity Summary
Description
Murphy Oil Corp. is underway at a 10,300-ft exploratory well on the company’s King Cake prospect. The #1 OCS G35015 is in the northern part of Atwater Valley Block 23 and area water depth is 5,500 ft. The King Cake prospect is south of several producing fields in the Mississippi Canyon area. Nearby production is at Noble Energy Corp.’s Gunflint Field, which produces from two Lower Miocene zones at 24,744-90 ft and 26,920-27,027 ft, and Shell Oil Co.’s Vinyl prospect on Atwater Valley Block 64 (OCS G36064). Murphy is based in El Dorado, Ark.
Description
Murphy Oil Corp. is underway at a 10,300-ft exploratory well on the company’s King Cake prospect. The #1 OCS G35015 is in the northern part of Atwater Valley Block 23 and area water depth is 5,500 ft. The King Cake prospect is south of several producing fields in the Mississippi Canyon area. Nearby production is at Noble Energy Corp.’s Gunflint Field, which produces from two Lower Miocene zones at 24,744-90 ft and 26,920-27,027 ft, and Shell Oil Co.’s Vinyl prospect on Atwater Valley Block 64 (OCS G36064). Murphy is based in El Dorado, Ark.