{"id":8504,"date":"2020-07-03T10:03:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T10:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=8504"},"modified":"2020-07-05T14:46:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T14:46:42","slug":"deepsea-stavanger-starts-mobilization-to-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/deepsea-stavanger-starts-mobilization-to-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepsea Stavanger starts mobilization to South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"sc-esjQYD garOWd\" role=\"document\">Odfjell drilling has reported that from 19 May 2020, the Deepsea Stavanger\u00a0 started its mobilization to South Africa for the Luiperd prospect under the Total contract in\u00a0 offshore Block 11B\/12B where the French company is the operator with a 45% interest.<\/div>\n<div role=\"document\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"document\">Block 11B\/12B is located in the Outeniqua Basin approximately 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa. The block covers an area of 18,734 square kilometers with water depths ranging from 200 meters in the north to 1,800 meters in the south. The Lower Cretaceous Post-rift Paddavissie Fairway, which contains the Brulpadda discovery, is located within the southwest corner of the block. The well encountered oil pay and a total of 57 meters of net gas condensate pay over two Middle to Lower Cretaceous high-quality reservoirs.<\/div>\n<div role=\"document\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"document\">Qatar Petroleum and CNRI hold 25% and 20% respectively while Africa Energy holds a 4.9% .<\/div>\n<div role=\"document\"><\/div>\n<div role=\"document\">Total also operates (100%) the South Outeniqua Block, located in water depths of 250 to 4,000 meters.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odfjell drilling has reported that from 19 May 2020, the Deepsea Stavanger\u00a0 started its mobilization to South Africa for the Luiperd prospect under the Total contract in\u00a0 offshore Block 11B\/12B &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/deepsea-stavanger-starts-mobilization-to-south-africa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8505,"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":[2944,7746,7338,7744,7747,7745,7748,3110,2371,2533],"class_list":["post-8504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-southern-africa","category-top-news","tag-africa-energy","tag-block-11b-12b","tag-brulpadda-discovery","tag-cnri","tag-deepsea-stavanger","tag-luiperd-prospect","tag-odfjell-drilling","tag-qatar-petroleum","tag-south-africa","tag-total","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Block-11B-12B.jpg?fit=765%2C317&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-2da","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8998,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-total-begins-drilling-of-luiperd-1x-offshore-well-in-block-11b-12b\/","url_meta":{"origin":8504,"position":0},"title":"SOUTH AFRICA: Total Begins Drilling of Luiperd-1X Offshore Well in Block\u00a011B\/12B","author":"","date":"August 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Block 11B\/12B JV partner Africa Energy has announced spud of the Luiperd-1X well, the second exploration well on Block\u00a011B\/12B\u00a0offshore\u00a0South Africa\u00a0following the Brulpadda discovery in\u00a0February 2019. Jan Maier, Africa Energy's VP Exploration, commented: \"The Outeniqua Basin offshore\u00a0South Africa\u00a0remains an under-explored, world-class hydrocarbon province. The Luiperd-1X well will test the eastern area\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\/2020\/08\/Deepsea-Stavanger.jpg?fit=700%2C525&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Deepsea-Stavanger.jpg?fit=700%2C525&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Deepsea-Stavanger.jpg?fit=700%2C525&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Deepsea-Stavanger.jpg?fit=700%2C525&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8857,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/deepsea-stavanger-drilling-arrives-in-cape-town\/","url_meta":{"origin":8504,"position":1},"title":"DeepSea Stavanger Drilling Arrives in Cape Town","author":"","date":"August 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has welcomed the arrival of the oil and gas drill rig - DeepSea Stavanger in Cape Town. The rig has been commissioned by petroleum giant Total and its partners to drill the Luiperd prospect in Block 11B\/12B off the Mossel Bay coast, Western\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\/2020\/08\/Deepsea-Stavanger.jpg?fit=700%2C525&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Deepsea-Stavanger.jpg?fit=700%2C525&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Deepsea-Stavanger.jpg?fit=700%2C525&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Deepsea-Stavanger.jpg?fit=700%2C525&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9337,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-total-makes-gas-discovery-on-the-luiperd-prospect\/","url_meta":{"origin":8504,"position":2},"title":"SOUTH AFRICA: Total Makes Gas Discovery on the Luiperd Prospect","author":"","date":"October 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Total has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Luiperd prospect, located on Block 11B\/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa. This discovery follows the adjacent play opening Brulpadda discovery in 2019, which proved a significant new petroleum province in the region.\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\/2020\/07\/Block-11B-12B.jpg?fit=765%2C317&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Block-11B-12B.jpg?fit=765%2C317&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Block-11B-12B.jpg?fit=765%2C317&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Block-11B-12B.jpg?fit=765%2C317&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9515,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/africa-oil-announces-luiperd-1x-test-results\/","url_meta":{"origin":8504,"position":3},"title":"Africa Oil Announces Luiperd-1X Test Results","author":"","date":"December 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Africa Oil\u00a0 has announced\u00a0 drill stem test results for the Luiperd-1X well, the second major discovery on Block 11B\/12B offshore South Africa. The Company holds an indirect interest in the project as a result of its equity interests in Africa Energy Corp. 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Jan Maier, Africa Energy's VP Exploration, commented, \"We are very encouraged by the contemplation of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9571,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-africa-tower-resources-enters-the-second-exploration-period-of-the-algoa-gamtoos-license\/","url_meta":{"origin":8504,"position":5},"title":"SOUTH AFRICA: Tower Resources Enters the Second Exploration Period of the Algoa-Gamtoos license","author":"","date":"December 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Tower Resources has announced that its subsidiary Rift Petroleum Ltd, together with Operator and 50% partner New Age Energy Algoa (Pty) Ltd, has now formally agreed to enter the Second Exploration Period of the Algoa-Gamtoos license offshore South Africa. 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