MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Total has announced that it has made a significant gas condensate discovery 175 kilometres off Mossel Bay.
According to a report on www.businesstech.co.za on Thursday 7 February, the Brulpadda (Bullfrog) well is one of several highly anticipated exploration prospects for the company. Total has previously indicated that the field could hold between 500 million to over one billion barrels of oil equivalent.
In a statement on Thursday, 7 February, the energy company said that its Brulpadda well encountered 57 metres of net gas condensate pay in Lower Cretaceous reservoirs.
The well was deepened to a final depth of 3,633 metres and has also been successful in the Brulpadda-deep prospect. "We are very pleased to announce the Brulpadda discovery which was drilled in a challenging Deepwater environment," said Kevin McLachlan, senior vice president of exploration at Total. "With this discovery, Total has opened a new world-class gas and oil play and is well positioned to test several follow-on prospects on the same block."
3D seismic
Following the success of Brulpadda and confirmation of its potential, Total and its partners said that they plan to acquire a 3D seismic this year, followed by up to four exploration wells on its licence.
The Brulpadda well covers an area of 19 000 square kilometres, with water depths ranging from 200 to 1 800 metress, and is operated by Total with a 45% working interest, alongside Qatar Petroleum (25%), CNR international (20%) and Main Street, a South African consortium (10%).
Businesstech quotes Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe, who led a delegation to the Total Exploration and Production Southern Africa's Deep Sea Stavenger Rig operations on Saturday, 2 February.
He said a major oil and gas discovery could be a game changer for the country in terms of the economy.
"We hope that we will discover oil so that we can reduce our dependence on imported crude oil.
"We will work with other government departments in giving the project all the support we can, because we believe that it will help support a turnaround in our economy," he said.
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