{"id":14933,"date":"2025-04-22T14:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=14933"},"modified":"2025-04-22T14:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:44:07","slug":"gabon-appraisal-well-confirms-potential-for-future-bourdon-development-cluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/gabon-appraisal-well-confirms-potential-for-future-bourdon-development-cluster\/","title":{"rendered":"GABON: Appraisal Well Confirms Potential for future Bourdon Development Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BW Energy is pleased to announce&nbsp;that second sidetrack DBM-1 ST2 well has confirmed the substantial oil discovery with good reservoir and fluid quality of the Bourdon prospect in the Dussafu Licence offshore Gabon, announced on 7 March 2025. Management estimates indicate 56 million barrels oil in place of which approximately 25 million barrels are considered recoverable.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe appraisal well confirms the potential for establishing a new development cluster with a production facility following the MaBoMo blueprint. We expect at least four producing wells,\u201d said Carl K. Arnet, CEO of BW Energy. \u201cWe continue to successfully expand the Dussafu reserve base which, together with multiple additional prospects yet to be to be drilled, will support long-term production and value-creation in Gabon.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial data shows that oil from Bourdon field has the lowest viscosity of the Dussafu discoveries measuring an average of 3.5 centipoise (cp), compared to 5 cp and 7 cp for the Hibiscus \/ Tortue and Ruche fields, respectively.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evaluation of logging data and formation pressure measurements confirm approximately 11.2 metres of pay in an overall hydrocarbon column of 35.2 metres in the Gamba formation. The well was drilled by the Norve jack-up rig to a total depth of 4,731 metres.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bourdon is located approximately 15 kilometres west of FPSO BW Adolo and 7.5 kilometres southeast of the MaBoMo facility. The discovery will enable the Company to book additional reserves not included in its 2024 Statement of Reserves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BW Energy is pleased to announce&nbsp;that second sidetrack DBM-1 ST2 well has confirmed the substantial oil discovery with good reservoir and fluid quality of the Bourdon prospect in the Dussafu &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/gabon-appraisal-well-confirms-potential-for-future-bourdon-development-cluster\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":14449,"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":[7442,11,7444],"tags":[11627,7742,11176,11371,944,11955],"class_list":["post-14933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-top-news","category-west-africa","tag-bourdon-prospect","tag-bw-energy","tag-dussafu-licence","tag-fpso-bw-adolo","tag-gabon","tag-mabomo-facility","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gabon-Dussafu-1.webp?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3SR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14742,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/gabon-panoro-energy-announces-significant-oil-discovery-at-the-bourdon-prospect\/","url_meta":{"origin":14933,"position":0},"title":"GABON: Panoro Energy Announces Significant Oil Discovery at the Bourdon prospect","author":"","date":"March 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Panoro Energy announces a significant new oil discovery has been made at the Bourdon prospect, located on the Dussafu Marin Permit offshore Gabon in which Panoro holds a 17.5 per cent participating interest. The well was drilled to a total depth of 4,135 metres with the Borr Norve jack-up rig.\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\/07\/Gabon-Dussafu.webp?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gabon-Dussafu.webp?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gabon-Dussafu.webp?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gabon-Dussafu.webp?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14445,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/gabon-panoro-energy-provides-dussafu-operations-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":14933,"position":1},"title":"GABON: Panoro Energy Provides Dussafu Operations Update","author":"","date":"July 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Production Gross production at Dussafu in Q2 2024 was 21,184 bopd (3,707 bopd net working interest to Panoro) and includes the effect of 21 days planned annual maintenance shut-down of the FPSO BW Adolo as previously communicated. 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The Company plans to return to the well to complete it as a production well in early 2024. The DHBSM-1 well was drilled from the MaBoMo production\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Central Africa&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Central Africa","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/central-africa\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14448,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/gabon-bw-energy-provides-q2-2024-trading-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":14933,"position":3},"title":"GABON: BW Energy Provides Q2 2024 Trading Update\u00a0","author":"","date":"July 30, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"BW Energy will publish financial figures for the second quarter and first half year of 2024 on Thursday, 29 August 2024.\u00a0 Net production to BW Energy was 2.14 million barrels of oil in the second quarter of 2024. This includes production from the Tortue, Hibiscus and Hibiscus South fields in\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\/07\/Gabon-Dussafu-1.webp?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gabon-Dussafu-1.webp?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gabon-Dussafu-1.webp?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Gabon-Dussafu-1.webp?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13829,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/gabon-bw-energy-starts-production-from-third-well-in-the-hibiscus-ruche-development\/","url_meta":{"origin":14933,"position":4},"title":"GABON: BW Energy Starts Production from third well in the Hibiscus \/ Ruche development\u00a0\u00a0","author":"","date":"July 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"BW Energy is pleased to announce that production has safely started from the third well of the Hibiscus \/ Ruche Phase 1 development in the Dussafu licence offshore Gabon. Well performance is in line with expectations with current production at approximately 6,000 barrels per day.\u00a0 The DHIBM-5H well was drilled\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\/2023\/07\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14669,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/gabon-bw-energy-reports-highest-quarterly-production-from-the-dussafu-licence\/","url_meta":{"origin":14933,"position":5},"title":"GABON: BW Energy Reports Highest Quarterly Production from the Dussafu licence","author":"","date":"February 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"BW Energy reports net production was approximately 2.5 mmbbls of oil and the net sold volume, the basis for revenue recognition, was approximately 2.7 mmbbls including 97,500 bbls of DMO deliveries and 311,429 bbls of state profit oil with an under-lift position of 248,700 bbls at period-end. it completed During\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\/2023\/04\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Gabon-dussafu.jpg?fit=1000%2C744&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14934,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14933\/revisions\/14934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}