By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 1 -- Kerr-McGee Corp., Oklahoma City, reported an oil discovery on East Breaks Block 599 in the Gulf of Mexico. The field will be developed as a subsea tieback to the Boombang production hub, 3 miles south on East Breaks Block 643.
Kerr-McGee is well operator with 33.34% interest. Partners are Amerada Hess Corp. and Marubeni Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., each with 33.33% interest. Kerr-McGee also operates the Boombang production hub.
The East Breaks 599 well, in 3, 200 ft of water, was drilled to 9,142 ft TD and encountered more than 135 net ft of high-quality oil pay in several sands, the company said. The well will be temporarily abandoned for completion in early 2006.
Dave Hager, Kerr-McGee senior vice-president, oil and gas exploration and production, said the company plans additional satellite exploration in the East Breaks area. A four-well exploratory program is planned at Northwest Nansen, near the Nansen production hub. The first well in that program is expected to spud later this summer, he said.
