{"id":11369,"date":"2021-12-14T08:01:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T08:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=11369"},"modified":"2021-12-14T09:08:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T09:08:00","slug":"namibia-shell-spuds-graff-1-well-in-pel-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-shell-spuds-graff-1-well-in-pel-39\/","title":{"rendered":"NAMIBIA: Shell Spuds Graff-1 Well in PEL 39"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shell has spud the Graff-1 well in Block 2913 Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) 39 State-owned Namcor reported, The well is being drilled at a depth of around 2000 meters using the Valaris DS-10 rig and comes days after Total Energies started drilling the Venus-1 well in the neighboring PEL 56.<\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;We are sitting at the mouth of the Orange basin, it is a major delta system with all the plays that you typically can expect in a delta system. <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">This looks exactly like (some) huge discoveries that have been made (elsewhere). <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">I think we are on to a world-class, prolific mixed turbidite-contourite system that should soon be drilled,&#8221; Shell said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is quite a milestone for us and the country as a whole and [we] look forward to the well results,\u201d Namcor said in a statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NAMCOR, along with it\u2019s exploration partners Shell Namibia Upstream B.V. (Operator) and QatarEnergy are proud to announce the spudding of the Graff-1 exploration well in Block 2913A, Orange Basin, offshore Namibia. This is quite a milestone for us and the country as a whole! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b7ju07mvew\">pic.twitter.com\/b7ju07mvew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NamcorNamibia (@NamcorNamibia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NamcorNamibia\/status\/1470310127387480064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shell and Qatar Energy each have 45% interest in the block, while Namcor has 10%.<\/p>\n<p>The drilling of the two wells is being observed by neighboring companies will planned\u00a0 drilling including Pancontinental which plans to drill Saturn-1 well in PEL 87.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span dir=\"ltr\">Pancontinental Technical Director Mr Barry Rushworth commented:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;This is a very exciting time for Pancontinental, with the huge oil potential of our Saturn turbidite complex in PEL 87 being drilled on-trend by Shell and Total. <\/span><\/em><em><span dir=\"ltr\">These wells are recognised worldwide as two of the most important oil exploration wells of the year. Total\u2019s Venus-1 well spudded recently, and now Shell has started its Graff-1 well. <\/span><\/em><em><span dir=\"ltr\">Pancontinental\u2019s Saturn turbidite complex is geologically similar in many ways, particularly to the Venus Prospect. <\/span><\/em><em><span dir=\"ltr\">These turbidite plays are like very large oil fields elsewhere in Africa, triggering significant interest in offshore Namibia from major oil companies and Africa specialists. <\/span><\/em><em><span dir=\"ltr\">In this prime region, drilling success could open up a complete new African oil play&#8217;.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shell has spud the Graff-1 well in Block 2913 Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) 39 State-owned Namcor reported, The well is being drilled at a depth of around 2000 meters using &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-shell-spuds-graff-1-well-in-pel-39\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":11292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7445,11],"tags":[9843,7913,1675,9513,9537,3110,2297,9536,8688],"class_list":["post-11369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-graff-1","tag-namcor","tag-namibia","tag-orange-basin","tag-pel-39","tag-qatar-petroleum","tag-shell","tag-valaris-ds-10","tag-venus-1","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NAMIBIA-ORANGE-BASIN-PROSPECTS.png?fit=478%2C407&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2Xn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11290,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-why-pancontinentals-hopes-linger-on-venus-1-graff-1-drilling-results\/","url_meta":{"origin":11369,"position":0},"title":"NAMIBIA: Why PanContinental&#8217;s Hopes Linger on Venus -1, Graff-1 Drilling Results","author":"","date":"December 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"French\u00a0major\u00a0TotalEnergies\u00a0has\u00a0commenced\u00a0drilling\u00a0its\u00a0ultra-deep\u00a0Venus-1 well in the Orange Basin offshore Namibia On-trend, Pancontinental has mapped\u00a0the very large Saturn turbidite\u00a0complex\u00a0in\u00a0PEL\u00a087.\u00a0Saturn\u00a0is\u00a0geologically\u00a0similar\u00a0to\u00a0Total\u2019s\u00a0Venus\u00a0Prospect Venus and Saturn overlie the same high-quality mature Oil Source Rock,\u00a0and both lie immediately below the major Regional Seal The Maersk Voyager drillship has commenced Venus drilling in 3,000m of\u00a0water. 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