By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Nov. 23 -- A group led by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. found more than 90 ft of net oil pay at the Wahoo-2 (Wahoo North) appraisal-exploration well in the northern Campos basin in the same presalt interval as the Wahoo discovery.
Wahoo-2 has another 2,000 ft to drill to test a secondary exploration objective, but the 90 ft of pay confirms that the main pay section extends at least 5 miles north from the Wahoo discovery well, Anadarko said. When drilling is finished, it plans to move the drillship to drillstem test the Wahoo discovery and back to Wahoo-2 for DSTs.
Anadarko said, “From what we’ve seen so far, Wahoo has the characteristics necessary to potentially become our next mega project.” Anadarko plans to drill as many as two exploration-appraisal wells on BM-C-30 in 2010.
Just north of the Wahoo discovery and appraisal wells in the BM-C-30 block, Anadarko and partners are drilling the Itaipu prospect in BM-C-32 to test a presalt geologic feature similar to and seaward of giant Jubarte field, which is estimated to hold as much as 2 billion bbl of recoverable oil.
BM-C-30 interests are Anadarko 30%, Devon Energy Corp. 25%, IBV Brasil Petroleo Ltda., a subsidiary of Bharat PetroResources Ltd. and Videocon Industries 25%, and SK Energy Co. Ltd. 20%.