LLOG Exploration reports deepwater gulf discovery

Jan. 14, 2019
LLOG Exploration Co. LLC, Covington, La., reported the drilling of a successful discovery on its Nearly Headless Nick exploratory prospect on Mississippi Canyon Block 387 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

LLOG Exploration Co. LLC, Covington, La., reported the drilling of a successful discovery on its Nearly Headless Nick exploratory prospect on Mississippi Canyon Block 387 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

The Nearly Headless Nick discovery was drilled using Rowan Cos. Inc.’s Rowan Resolute mobile offshore drilling unit. The well was drilled to target Upper Middle Miocene sands in more than 6,500 ft of water 150 miles southeast of New Orleans.

The well encountered oil pay in high-quality Miocene sandstone reservoirs and is expected to be tied back to the nearby LLOG-operated Delta House facility on Mississippi Canyon Block 254.