At Dantzler, wireline logging data indicates that the well encountered over 120 net ft of primarily crude oil pay in two high-quality Miocene reservoirs.
The discovery well, located in Mississippi Canyon 782, was drilled to a total depth of 19,234 ft in 6,580 ft of water. Dantzler is located 12 miles west of the Company’s Rio Grande development area, which includes discoveries at Big Bend and Troubadour. Discovered gross resources at Dantzler are now estimated at between 55 and 95 million barrels of oil equivalent.
The Tamar SW well, testing a new exploration prospect, encountered approximately 355 feet of net natural gas pay within the targeted Miocene intervals.
Tamar SW, which was drilled to a total depth of 17,420 ft in 5,405 feet of water, is the Company’s eighth consecutive discovery in the Levant Basin.
The field is located approximately 8 miles southwest of the Tamar field. Evaluation of drilling data and wireline logs has confirmed the range of gross resources of the field to be between 640 billion cubic ft (Bcf) of natural gas and 770 Bcf. The well encountered high-quality reservoir sands, with per well productivity anticipated to be approximately 250 million cubic ft of natural gas per day.
Noble Energy exploration and geoscience Mike Putnam said, "These new discoveries, combined with our exploration and appraisal successes earlier this year, have continued our successful organic exploration track record and identified new sources of future growth for Noble Energy."
