Total Spuds Exploratory in South Platte Prospect
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Total has spud an exploratory test in the western half of Garden Banks Block 1003. The #1 OCS G36155 is on the South Platte prospect and area water depth is 4,500 ft. The Paris-based company intends to drill three exploratory tests on the tract. Block 1003 had previously been designated Cobalt International Energy’s South Platte prospect under OCS G30882, although no drilling occurred before the lease expired. In 2018, Cobalt sold its stake in North Platte to Total and Equinor. The two companies held smaller stakes in North Platte before taking complete control of the project. Cobalt drilled #1 (BP) OCS G30876 on adjacent Block 959 of the North Platted prospect and it hit more than 550 net ft of oil pay in multiple Lower Tertiary reservoirs. After appraisal and sidetrack drilling, Cobalt reported estimated recoverable hydrocarbons is more than 500 MMboe.
Total has spud an exploratory test in the western half of Garden Banks Block 1003. The #1 OCS G36155 is on the South Platte prospect and area water depth is 4,500 ft. The Paris-based company intends to drill three exploratory tests on the tract. Block 1003 had previously been designated Cobalt International Energy’s South Platte prospect under OCS G30882, although no drilling occurred before the lease expired. In 2018, Cobalt sold its stake in North Platte to Total and Equinor. The two companies held smaller stakes in North Platte before taking complete control of the project. Cobalt drilled #1 (BP) OCS G30876 on adjacent Block 959 of the North Platted prospect and it hit more than 550 net ft of oil pay in multiple Lower Tertiary reservoirs. After appraisal and sidetrack drilling, Cobalt reported estimated recoverable hydrocarbons is more than 500 MMboe.