PEMEX suspended with results unreported the Kili 1EXP new-field wildcat (NFW) in the AE-0109-Cinturon Subsalino-13 entitlement during late-September 2018. Â     The NFW was spudded on 26 August 2018. Â Â The CNH granted the operator a permit for the NFW on 6 August 2018.       The      NFW had a proposed total depth (PTD) of 2,530 m and was targeting the      Lower Miocene on a salt related anticlinal structure.     PEMEX      utilized the âLa Muralla IVâ S/S to drill the well in a water      depth of 825 m.Â Â Â  Â     Estimated      well costs for the NFW was USD 72.57 million.    It is      located approximately 20 km south southwest of the Vespa 1 NFW discovery      drilled in 2013 in the northerly adjoining AE-0085 block.     On 4 May 2018, the CNH officially approved of the modified exploration plan submitted by PEMEX for the AE-0109-Cinturon Subsalino-13 entitlement.Â  The modified plan includes the drilling of the Kili 1EXP new-field wildcat (NFW) prospect instead of the Marentus 1EXP that was previously planned to be drilled from the original approved exploration plan in August 2017.Â  The Kili 1EXP is the same location as the Gallus 1EXP prospect that was previously considered an alternate prospect location.Â  The entitlement has only a one well commitment in the first four year exploration period.    On 16 August 2017, the CNH officially approved of the exploration plan submitted by PEMEX for the AE-0109-Cinturon Subsalino-13 entitlement.Â  The exploration plan approved includes one firm commitment well, the Marentus 1EXP with 173 MMboe in estimated reserves.Â  The Marentus 1EXP is planned to be drilled in 3rd or 4th quarter 2017.Â  It will have a proposed total depth (PTD) of 3,000 m and will be drilled in a water depth of 540 m.Â  It is located approximately 26.4 km southwest of the Vespa 1 NFW discovery drilled in 2013 in the northerly adjoining AE-0085 block.Â  The Marentus 1EXP NFW is targeting the Lower Miocene on a salt induced anticlinal structure.Â  Estimated well costs for the NFW is USD 71.78 million.Â  PEMEX has a second prospect named the Gallus 1EXP with 102 MMboe in estimated reserves but it is not a commitment well.Â Â  Other firm commitments include three geological studies already completed in 2016 and three studies in 2017 and two studies in 2018.Â  There are no seismic or processing commitments. Â     During mid-June 2016, the CNH reported that PEMEX was granted the AE-0109 block, AE-0109-Cinturon Subsalino-13 entitlement on 25 January 2016.Â  The block is located in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico Basin, Mexican Ridges Province.Â  The block covers an official area of 915.476 sq km adjacent and to the south of the AE-0085 block where the Vespa 1 oil and gas discovery is located on the border of the two blocks.Â  The CNH granted approval for the PEMEX request for the entitlement on 10 August 2015 and it took SENER six months to grant formal approval. This represents one of two exploration entitlements awarded outside of Ronda 0 on 27 August 2014.Â  This entitlement is also different in that it grants PEMEX a total term of 35 years instead of the 25 years of the Ronda 0 entitlements.Â  It also includes a four year exploration period with a possible three year extension period.    PEMEX is assumed to have requested the block due to the Vespa 1 discovery that is located on the southern border of the AE-0085 block. Â     In late November 2013 the Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH) reported that PEMEXâs Vespa 1 new-field wildcat (NFW) well was completed on 31 October 2013 as an oil and gas producer from the Middle Miocene interval between 2,874-2,921 m. This NFW is located in the Mexican Ridges Province of the Gulf of Mexico. It was spudded on 24 August 2013 in 777 m of water.Â  The well reached a final total depth (TD) of 3,418 m.
Mexico (Sigsbee Sub-basin (DWGoM B.)) Vespa 1