PEMEX completed as an oil discovery in the Upper Miocene the Itta 1EXP directional new-field wildcat (NFW) in the AE-0008-4M-Amoca-Yaxche-06 (AE-0151-Uchukil Area A) exploration entitlement block on 7 October 2019 according to information published by the CNH in early January 2020. The CNH reported in December 2019 that the well was plugged and abandoned dry.    The NFW reached a final total      depth (TD) of 2,112 m.  The NFW was spudded on 11 May      2019.  The      Itta 1EXP had a proposed total depth (PTD) of 2,063 m measured depth (MD)      and 1,890 m true vertical depth (TVD).  The      well was drilled by the âIndependencia 1â J/U in a water depth of 26 m.  The      NFW was targeting the Upper Miocene from 1,727 m to 1,799 m and 1,883 m to      1,979 m on a complex salt related and faulted anticlinal structure. There      is also a stratigraphic component to the trap. The salt related anticline      trends north-west to south-east and is associated with the Hokchi, Suuk,      Xikin, and Uchbal discoveries to the north-west in the westerly adjoining      AE-0006 block and Area 2 (Hokchi A) block.  The      well had estimated unrisked prospective resources of 29 MMboe and the      reported estimated drilling cost is USD 14.3 million and completion cost      is USD 8.84 million.  The      Itta 1EXP is located in the extreme west-central area of the block and      approximately 260 m east of the border with the Area 2 (Hokchi A) block.     On 9 May 2019,      the CNH approved a PEMEX drilling permit request to drill the Itta 1EXP      directional new-field wildcat (NFW). The well is part of the contingent      commitments from its modified exploration plan approved on 8 February 2019.           SENER      granted the AE-0008-4M-Amoca-Yaxche-06 entitlement block to Pemex 100%      through Ronda 0 on 27 August 2014. The entitlement expired on 27 August      2019 and was modified and replaced by the AE-0151-Uchukil Area A on 28 August 2019 that      covers a modified area of 1,110.95 sq km.   On 8 February 2019, the CNH approved a modification request to the exploration plan submitted by PEMEX for the AE-0008-4M-Amoca-Yaxche-06 entitlement block which includes the drilling of up to eight exploration wells prior to the 27 August 2019 entitlement exploration expiry date. However, it is speculated that not all of these wells can be drilled in this time-frame and may be dependent on an additional exploration extension period being granted in August.
Itta 1EXP nfw (Pemex 100%), commitment well in W-C part of AE-0008-4M-Amoca-Yaxche-06 block, offshore, WD 26m, earlier reported suspended, then P&A dry and now an oil discovery, TMD 2,063m (TVD 1,890m), Target U. Miocene.