Kosmos Energy Ltd. will respud its first well offshore Suriname after the Anapai-1 encountered shallow-borehole stability issues.
The well is testing an Early Cretaceous structural-stratigraphic concept on 5,126-sq-km Block 45.
The Ensco DS12 drillship will drill the redesigned Anapai-1A to the same target. Kosmos, the operator, expects drilling to take 50-60 days. Water depths on the block are 200-2,000 m.
It holds a 50% working interest in the Block 45 production-sharing contract with state-owned Staatsolie. Chevron Corp. holds the other 50%.
Kosmos said it expects to spud a well on a prospect called Pontoenoe on Block 42, adjacent to Block 45 to the west, in the third quarter.
It has identified two trends on Block 42, Aurora and Apetina, which it describes as stratigraphic plays analogous to ExxonMobil Corp.’s deepwater Liza discovery to the west off Guyana. Water depths on the block are 1,800-2,700 m.
Kosmos, operator, Chevron, and Hess Corp. hold one-third interests each in Block 42.
