Wednesday 9 August 2017
In May, Kosmos announced a major gas discovery offshore Senegal at Yakaar-1, the first well in a series of four independent tests of the basin floor fan fairways, outboard of the proven slope channel trend opened with the Tortue-1 discovery. Located in the Cayar Offshore Profond block approximately 95 kilometers northwest of Dakar in approximately 2,600 meters of water, the well has been drilled to a total depth of approximately 4,900 meters. Yakaar-1 intersected a gross hydrocarbon column of 120 meters (394 feet) in three pools within the primary Lower Cenomanian objective and encountered 45 meters (148 feet) of net pay. Well results confirmed the presence of thick, stacked, reservoir sands over a very large area with very good porosity and permeability. Together with the Teranga-1 discovery made last year, we believe this resource will support a second cost-competitive LNG hub.
After completion of operations on the Yakaar-1 well, the Atwood Achiever mobilized to the Tortue-1 well to conduct a drill stem test (DST) on the Tortue discovery, which is expected to provide key information to support the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) in the second half of 2017, with Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2018 and first gas in 2021.
In June, Kosmos entered into a farm-in agreement to acquire a 15% non-operated participating interest in Block C18 offshore Mauritania. The farm-in is expected to close in the third quarter following customary government approvals.