{"id":14014,"date":"2023-10-24T15:22:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T15:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=14014"},"modified":"2023-10-24T15:22:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T15:22:56","slug":"namibia-sintana-energy-reports-rig-enroute-ahead-of-in-first-well-to-spud-in-mid-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-sintana-energy-reports-rig-enroute-ahead-of-in-first-well-to-spud-in-mid-november\/","title":{"rendered":"NAMIBIA: Sintana Energy Reports Rig Enroute Ahead of  in First Well to Spud in Mid-November"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sintanaenergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/PEL83_WebMap_NV69.png\"><\/a><strong>PEL 83 Update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, Galp entered into a contract with SFL Corporation for the semi-submersible rig Hercules. The 115-day contract, prior to any extension option exercise, is for two wells plus optional well testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rig is currently in transit along the coast of West Africa and is expected to reach Walvis Bay on or about November 4th. It will subsequently move on to the first location with an expected spud date in the middle of November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PEL 83 is located immediately north of Shell-operated PEL 39 home to the basin opening discoveries at Graff-1, La Rona-1 and Jonker-1. Shell continues to progress exploration and appraisal activities on its blocks with an ongoing multi-well campaign through the balance of 2023 and in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PEL 83 is also located northeast of PEL 56 where TotalEnergies announced its giant oil discovery at Venus-1. TotalEnergies recently confirmed its plan to move Venus into development and is continuing exploration efforts including recently spudding the Mangetti-1X prospect located north of Venus towards PEL 90, which is operated by Chevron and in which Sintana maintains an indirect interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initial drilling campaign is targeting the massive Mopane complex located at the southern end of PEL 83. \u201cWith JV-estimated mean oil-in-place of up to 10 billion barrels, Mopane represents one of the most significant and attractive known opportunities in the basin today,\u201d said Knowledge Katti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Custos Energy, and a director of Sintana. \u201cThe significant prospectivity of PEL 83 together with its relatively shallower water depth, position it to be one of the most significant and profitable developments in the Orange Basin,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maggy Shino, Petroleum Commissioner for the Ministry of Mines and Energy in Namibia noted, \u201cThe Ministry is excited to test these additional plays in the basin together with the JV partners, Custos and NAMCOR. We are confident that the JV will have a safe, efficient and successful drilling campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPEL 83, together with Sintana\u2019s indirect interests in PEL 90 operated by Chevron and PEL 87 where we are partnered with Woodside, give us an unmatched position in the heart of Namibia\u2019s Orange Basin,\u201d said Robert Bose, President &amp; Director of Sintana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEL 83 Update In May, Galp entered into a contract with SFL Corporation for the semi-submersible rig Hercules. The 115-day contract, prior to any extension option exercise, is for two &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-sintana-energy-reports-rig-enroute-ahead-of-in-first-well-to-spud-in-mid-november\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14015,"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":false,"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":[],"class_list":["post-14014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Namibia-83-87-90.png?fit=532%2C588&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3E2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14372,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-reconafrica-announces-upcoming-spud-of-the-naingopo-exploration-well-pel-73\/","url_meta":{"origin":14014,"position":0},"title":"NAMIBIA: ReconAfrica Announces Upcoming Spud of the Naingopo Exploration Well, PEL 73","author":"","date":"June 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Reconnaissance Energy Africa announces an operations update with respect to activity relating to Petroleum Exploration Licence 73 (PEL 73), onshore northeast Namibia, and an update on the joint venture process. Brian Reinsborough, President and CEO commented: \u201cOur operations teams and contractorsare very busy completing the camp and rig moves this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Namibia-Naingopo.png?fit=633%2C375&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Namibia-Naingopo.png?fit=633%2C375&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Namibia-Naingopo.png?fit=633%2C375&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14121,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/namibia-galp-discovers-hydrocarbons-at-the-mopane-1x-well-at-pel-83\/","url_meta":{"origin":14014,"position":1},"title":"NAMIBIA: Galp Discovers Hydrocarbons at the Mopane-1X Well at PEL 83","author":"","date":"January 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Galp (operator, 80%) and its partners NAMCOR and Custos (10% each) initiated the drilling campaignin PEL 83, offshore Namibia, on November 17, 2023. The first well, Mopane-1X, indicates preliminary signs of hydrocarbon presence. 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The contract is for two wells plus optional well testing and is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2023. 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