PEMEX suspended with results unreported the Bukma 1SON new-field wildcat (NFW), stratigraphic test in the AE-0101-2M-Ayikal-03 entitlement block in the deep water Campeche Deep Sea Basin during early-May 2018. There is no report as to the final status of the well nor the final total depth (TD).Â  The NFW was spudded on 8 January 2018. Â     The NFW had a proposed total depth of 8,020 m and the primary target is the Lower Eocene Formation.Â  PEMEX will also traverse a portion of the Paleocene Formation to collect data from that deeper zone. Â        The well was drilled by the âCentenario GRâ semi-submersible in an approximate water depth of 2,700 m.Â  It is one of the deepest wells drilled in the country and will have implications for the operators who acquired deep water blocks in R1.4 regarding any deeper potential in the Eocene and Paleocene formations in this area. Â        The well is also located near the Area 24 block provisionally awarded to the consortium of ENI (65%), QPIÂ  (35%) through deep water Ronda 2.4. Â      On 15 November 2017 the CNH granted a permit for PEMEX to drill the Bukma 1SON new-field wildcat (NFW), stratigraphic test.Â  The reported prospective resources is 375 MMboe.Â  The NFW is part of the approved exploration plans granted on 9 November 2017 for the two year extension period that commenced on 27 August 2017.Â  The NFW is located approximately 5.3 km northeast of the Nat 1 NFW gas and condensate discovery and 4.3 km east southeast of the Nat 1DL confirmation outpost that was successfully tested in the Miocene Formation also.Â  The Nat 1 discovery represents the deepest water discovery and most distant discovery offshore in the southern Gulf of Mexico for PEMEX.    SENER granted the AE-0101-2M-Ayikal-03 entitlement to Pemex 100% through Ronda 0 on 27 August 2014.Â  The entitlement was modified twice by SENER, the second time on 9 November 2017 with a new work commitment plan. Â     Background Information    PEMEX suspended as a gas condensate producer the Nat 1 DL directional outpost in the AE-0101 block in the Campeche Deep Sea Basin on 19 October 2015.Â  The operator reported on 9 December 2015 that it will incorporate an additional 250 MMboe 3P reserves to the 866 MMboe 2P reserves attributed to the Nat 1 discovery and field from the Middle Miocene Formation.Â  The company tested a show zone from 4,158 m to 4,188 m in the well during September and October.Â  The operator released test data with its 31 December 2015 annual report.Â  The productive zone tested 10 MMcfg/d and 412 bc/d. Â     The operator spudded the outpost in the block on 7 June 2015. The well reached a total depth (TD) of 4,349 m during late August 2015. The outpost had a proposed total depth (PTD) of 4,569 m measured depth (MD). The Early to Late Miocene Formation was the primary objective. The Grupo R Exploracion âCentenario GRâ S/S drilled the well in an estimated water depth of 2,718 m.     The well is located in the southern area of the AE-0101 block.Â  It is a 2.8 km northeastern outpost of the Nat 1 ultra-deep water gas discovery completed in February 2015.    SENER granted the AE-0101 â Ayikal -03 Entitlement to PEMEX 100% on 27 August 2014 in Ronda 0. The block covers an approximate area of 309.73 sq km.Â  Pemex has three years to drill and or develop any discoveries in its exploration blocks with the possibility of a two year extension for appraisal.    In mid-February 2015, the CNH published that the PEMEX operated Nat 1 New Field Wildcat (NFW) was completed as a wet gas discovery. The well was spudded on 25 May 2014 in 2,636 m of water in the Campeche Deep Sea Basin, and reached a total depth (TD) of 5,531 m on 11 October 2014.     The well was completed in the Middle Miocene interval 4,080-4,130 m with initial test results indicating gas and condensate.
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