The well is located on Mississippi Canyon block 782 in 6,580 feet of water and was drilled to a total depth of 19,234 feet.
Wireline logging data indicates approximately 120 feet of net pay in two high-quality Miocene reservoirs which are primarily crude oil. W&T Offshore holds a 20% working interest in this well, which is operated by Noble Energy.
The Dantzler discovery is located roughly 12 miles west of W&T’s previous discoveries at Big Bend and Troubadour in the Mississippi Canyon 698 and 699 blocks. The operator has provided discovered gross resource estimates at Dantzler of between 55 and 95 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Tracy W. Krohn, W&T Offshore’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "The discovery at Dantzler continues our string of successful deepwater exploration projects and provides us with another impact discovery to grow both our reserves and production in the Gulf of Mexico."
