Kosmos to plug Pontoenoe test off Suriname

Kosmos Energy will plug its Pontoenoe-1 exploration well in 2,497 m of water offshore Suriname after determining the main, Late Cretaceous target reservoir was water-bearing. The Block 42 well went to 6,194 m about 280 km northwest of Paramaribo. It tested a stratigraphic trap thought to be sourced from oil-mature Albian and Cenomanian-Turonian source kitchens.

OGJ editors

Oct. 10, 2018

Kosmos Energy will plug its Pontoenoe-1 exploration well in 2,497 m of water offshore Suriname after determining the main, Late Cretaceous target reservoir was water-bearing (OGJ Online, May 21, 2018).

The Block 42 well went to 6,194 m about 280 km northwest of Paramaribo. It tested a stratigraphic trap thought to be sourced from oil-mature Albian and Cenomanian-Turonian source kitchens.

Kosmos said reservoir quality is high and noted evidence of a working source kitchen. But the prospect lacked a trap.

It said it plans to test the next prospect on the 6,000-sq-km block in 2020.

Kosmos is exploration operator with 33.3% interest in the production-sharing contract from state-owned Staatsolie. Hess Corp. and Chevron Corp. hold 33.3% interests each.