Kosmos,partners hit oil in GoM's Green Canyon area

摘要

The infrastructure-led exploration(ILX)efforts of Kosmos Energy and its partners have potentially unlocked 100 MMbbl with a discovery of oil in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico's(GoM)Green Canyon area,according to a news release. The company said Jan. 19 the Winterfell ILX well,designed to test a subsalt Upper Miocene prospect in Green Canyon Block 944,hit about 26 m(85 ft)of net oil pay in two intervals. Located in about 1，600 m(5，300 ft)of water,the well was drilled to a total depth of about 7，000 m(23，000 ft). The discovery validates the company's"basin exploration strategy,which is focused on low-cost,short-cycle,low-carbon development solutions，"Kosmos Energy CEO Andrew G. Inglis said in the news release."The well in Green Canyon Block 944 de-risks prospectivity in several neighboring blocks held by Kosmos,with approximately 100 million barrels of gross potential within Kosmos'acreage position."