Shell Drilling Sidetrack At Nozomi Prospect In Mississippi Canyon Block 851

Drilling Activity Details

Locations

United States

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Well Name
#2 (ST) OCS G33761
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Drilling Activity Summary

Description

Shell Oil Co. is drilling a deepwater Gulf of Mexico sidetrack on its Nozomi prospect at #2 (ST) OCS G33761 southeast of the company’s long-producing Mars Field. The original hole, # 2 OCS G09882, is currently at an unreported total depth and is in the northeastern portion of Mississippi Canyon Block 851, with a proposed bottomhole to the east beneath Block 852. The original hole bottomed beneath Block 851. Blocks 851 and 852 make up Houston-based Shell’s Nozomi prospect where water depth is 3,200 ft.