Eni SPA made a discovery on the Yatzil exploration prospect in Block 7 in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina in Sureste basin, about 65 km offshore Mexico. The discovery may contain about 200 MMboe in place.
Yatzil-1 EXP is the second commitment well of Block 7 and the eighth successful one drilled by Eni in Sureste basin. It is about 25-30 km away from other discoveries.
The well was drilled by the Valaris DPS5 semisub rig in 284 m of water and reached total depth of 2,441 m. Yatzil-1 EXP found in excess of 40 m net pay sands with good quality oil in the Upper Miocene sequences, with excellent petrophysical properties confirmed by an extensive subsurface data collection.
Eni is operator at Block 7 (45%) with partners Capricorn Energy PLC (30%) and Citla Energy (25%).
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
