Spain’s Repsol reported an ultradeepwater oil discovery on Keathley Canyon Block 642 in the Gulf of Mexico.
The company said the Leon well found net pay of 150 m within a 400-m column. The well reached total depth of 9,684 m in 1,865 m of water. It is 352 km offshore Louisiana.
Repsol has 60% and Colombia’s Ecopetrol has 40%.
“With the Leon discovery, Repsol continues to strengthen its position in the United States, which is one of the company’s key strategic areas,” the company said.
The discovery is 50 km northwest of Repsol’s 2009 Buckskin discovery (OGJ Online, Feb. 6, 2009).
