No exploration drilling took place in Spain during the first three quarters of 2017. The last offshore exploratory well drilled in the country dates back to 2014 when Repsol Investigaciones PetrolÃ­feras SA (RIPSA) drilled the wildcat Sandia 1 in the Canarias 4 permit (Canary Islands). Drilled to 2,756 m by the end of 2014, the well reached a TD of 3,093 m and was plugged and abandoned. Gas shows were encountered but saturated with water and in levels too thin to be commercial from 900 m to 1,300 m in the Tertiary series. Repsol decided to abandon exploration in the area and to not drill additional wells. Onshore, Union Fenosa Gas Exploracion y Produccion SA drilled the appraisal well Viura-3 in the Cameros-2 exploration permit in 2013. The well was abandoned at a TD of 4,256 m with hydrocarbon shows in January 2014.
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