A Beacon Offshore Energy LLC affiliate will work with partners on an appraisal plan and development options following an oil discovery in the US Gulf of Mexico at the Winterfell infrastructure-led exploration (ILX) well, partner Kosmos Energy, Dallas, said in a Jan. 19 release.
The discovery lies within tie back distance to several existing and planned host facilities, Kosmos said.
Winterfell was designed to test a subsalt Upper Miocene prospect in Green Canyon Block 944. The well encountered 26 m (85 ft) of net oil pay in two intervals.
Winterfell, in some 1,600 m (5,300 ft) of water, was drilled to 7,000 m TD (23,000 ft).
A Beacon Offshore Energy affiliate operates Winterfell. Additional interest owners include Red Willow Offshore LLC, Ridgewood Monarch North LLC, CSL Exploration LP, CL&F Offshore LLC, Houston Energy LP, Beacon Offshore Energy Exploration LLC, and Beacon Asset Holdings LLC.