TotalEnergies to drill appraisals offshore Namibia

TotalEnergies SE will start a multi-well drilling program offshore Namibia following the Venus light oil discovery in Block 2913B (PEL 56), according to a Feb. 22 release by Impact Oil & Gas Ltd.

The Venus discovery is in Orange basin, about 290 km off the coast of southern Namibia in about 3,000 m of water. The Venus-1X discovery well was drilled to a total depth of 6,296 m by the Maersk Voyager drillship and encountered a high-quality light oil-bearing sandstone reservoir of Lower Cretaceous age.

Drilling of Venus-1A, the first appraisal well on the Venus discovery, will be drilled by the Tungsten Explorer drillship about 13 km north of Venus-1X. The Deepsea Mira will then be used to conduct a drill stem test.

The Deepsea Mira will then re-enter and side-track Venus-1X and conduct a flow test. The objective is to further evaluate the Venus reservoir and deliver dynamic data.

TotalEnergies and partners will also explore the Venus accumulation into Block 2912 (PEL 91) to provide an understanding of the structure and reservoir quality. The block is offshore southern Namibia adjacent to, but outboard of, PEL 56 and covers about 7,884 sq km in water depths of  3,000-3,900 m.

Drilling operations will begin mid-2023 with exploration well Nara-1X. The well will be drilled and flow tested by the Tungsten Explorer and, if successful, appraisal well Nara-1A will be drilled and flow tested.

TotalEnergies EP Namibia BVis operator of PEL 56 (40%) with partners Impact Oil and Gas Namibia (Pty) Ltd. (20%), QatarEnergy (30%), and NAMCOR (10%).

TotalEnergies is operator of PEL 91 (37.78%) with partners Impact (18.89%), QatarEnergy (28.33%), and NAMCOR (15%).