ExxonMobil has started drilling at the Bulletwood-1 wellsite on Canje block, offshore Guyana.
The block lies 180 km offshore in 1,700-3,000 m of water adjacent to Stabroek block. Bulletwood-1 is a 500 million bbl oil prospect targeting a Liza lookalike, confined channel complex of Late Cretaceous, Campanian age.
The well is the first in a multi-well drilling campaign on the block to evaluate high impact Upper Cretaceous prospects in the proven Liza play fairway with additional deeper reservoir targets.
Drilling operations by the Stena Carron drillship are scheduled to be completed on or before Feb. 23.
ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration & Production Guyana Ltd. is operator (35%) at Canje Block with partners Total (35%), JHI (17.5%), and Mid-Atlantic Oil & Gas Inc. (12.5%).
