By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 5 -- Sonangol and BP Exploration (Angola) Ltd. have made a tenth oil discovery on ultradeepwater Block 31 off Angola.
The Urano well flowed on test at a maximum rate of 1,970 b/d of oil through an 86/64 in. choke.
The well reached a TD of 4,578 m below sea level. It is the first discovery in the block drilled through salt into the sandstone reservoir underneath.
The GlobalSantaFe Jack Ryan drillship drilled the Urano well in 1,938 m of water, 345 km northwest of Luanda.
Urano follows the Hebe oil find, which flowed at a maximum rate of 5,956 b/d of oil (OGJ, Nov. 7, 2005, p. 8).
