PEMEX suspended as an oil and gas confirmation the Xikin 1DL ST3 outpost during September 2017.Â  PEMEX published on 27 October 2017 that the well tested 1,519 bo/d and 1.7 MMcfg/d from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridgian Formation. The well reached a total depth (TD) of 7,101 m in early June 2017.Â  The outpost was spudded on 2 August 2016.Â  The first wellbore was junked and abandoned at 688 m, the 2nd wellbore junked and abandoned at 3,968 m, and the third wellbore at 3,973 m.Â  The well had a proposed total depth (PTD) of 7,246 m. The Upper Jurassic Kimmeridgian Formation was the main objective. The âCantarell IIâ J/U drilled the well in a water depth of 31 m. The outpost successfully extended the Xikin 1 ST new-field wildcat (NFW) oil and gas discovery that tested the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridgian zone for 4,483 bo/d and 5.1 MMcfg/d. The well is located in the AE-0008 block of the offshore Sureste Basin, Comalcalco Sub-basin. PEMEX estimates 3P reserves for the Xikin structure of 125 MMboe 39Â° API gravity for the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridgian Formation.Â  The reservoir is reported to be oolitic limestones on the structure. The well is located in the west central area of the block about 2.9 km east of the Xikin 1 ST in the westerly adjoining AE-0006 block.Â  The structure is reported to be a reverse faulted east west trending anticline influenced and partly trapped by a salt diapir. The drilling cost for the high pressure, high temperature well is estimated at USD 55.3 million with exchange rate of 18.32 MXN to 1 USD and completion costs are estimated to be USD 10.4 million.Â  The CNH approved drilling of the NFW on 16 May 2016. SENER granted the AE-0008-M-Amoca-Yaxche-06 entitlement to Pemex 100% through Ronda 0 on 27 August 2014. The block covers an approximate area of 959.29 sq km.
Xikin 1DL-ST3 op. by Pemex (100%) in AE-0008-M-Amoca-Yaxche-06 block, testing 1 519 bo/d + 1,7 MMscfg/d from the Kimmeridgian. PTD had been 7,101m, Cantarell II JU. WD 31m.