On 17 April 2019 BHP reported in its Operations Review for the nine months ended 31 March 2019, that it has encountered hydrocarbons in the Bele 1 New Field wildcat (NFW), Block 23 (a) â Tobago Basin - which drilling is still in progress. The operator is conduction assessment in the well spudded in early March 2019 using the Transocean Drillship Deepwater Invictus, which will be in location for 60-days. . The interest holders are the operator BHP with 70% and BP holds the remaining 30%.  The operator plans to drill two wells â Bele 1 and Tuk 1. Trinidad and Tobago Marine Advisory Notice announced the arrival of the drillship in late February 2019 for the operatorâs three wells program, including the Hi Hat-1 â likely to be the appraisal well for Bongos 2 NFW, TTDAA 14 Block. BHP drilled two wells in this block Burrokeet 1 and 2    As of mid-January 2017, due to mechanical problems BHP plugged and abandoned (P&A) the Burrokeet 1 NFW. The well was spudded on 5 August 2016, with a proposed total depth (PTD) of 8,534 m (28,000 ft) and it reached 3,337 m (10,948 ft). The main objective was in the Eocene, in a water depth of 1,923 m.        BHP P&A its Burrokeet 2 NFW. The well reached a total depth (TD) of 7,347 m (24,105 ft) in mid-December 2016. It was spudded on 18 August 2016, in 1,923 m water depth.      As of early May 2018, BHP was still interpreting the acquired 17,700 sq km of 3D seismic shot over seven blocks including the Block 23 (a). The acquisition, conducted by PGS began in Mid-March 2014 and it is estimated that it was completed in mid-November 2014.     On 17 April 2014, local sources confirmed that BP farmed out a majority interest to BHP Billiton in deep-water blocks TTDAA 14 and 23(a). BP on 25 July 2011 reported that it was awarded two deep-water exploration and production blocks in Trinidad and Tobago, doubling the companyâs acreage holdings in the country. BP was awarded a 100% interest in the blocks 23 (a) and TTDAA 14, both of which are in deep-water frontier acreage of Trinidadâs eastern coast. The contracts were awarded as production sharing contracts. Block 23(a) is located about 300 km NE of BPâs Galeota Point operations base. The block covers 2,600 sq km in water depths averaging 2,000m.
Trinidad and Tobago (Columbus Sub-basin (Trinidad B.)) Galeota (Trintes)