Wintershall Dea 在墨西哥近海 Kan 勘探区 30 号区块发现了石油。该油田位于 Sureste 盆地 Cuenca Salina 浅水域，估计储量为 200 MMboe 至 300 MMboe。该发现也是 Wintershall Dea 在墨西哥的第一口自营勘探井。

Kan 距离塔巴斯科海岸 16 英里，水深 164 英尺。该地区充满了中新世发现，包括 Zama 发现，Wintershall Dea 拥有其中的重要开采权益。

Martin Jungbluth 表示：“继最近提交了 Zama 油田的单元开发计划并收购了正在生产的 Hokchi 油田的重要股份后，30 号区块的发现将成为墨西哥 Wintershall Dea 的下一个重要里程碑。” Wintershall Dea 董事总经理在新闻稿中。

Kan 井是 30 区块两口承诺井中的第一口，由 Borr Ran 钻机钻探。该钻井平台总深度接近 11,000 英尺，发现了超过 560 英尺的上中新世净产油砂层。还进行了一条深达 10,000 米的上倾侧线，并在主储层砂层上回收了另外 820 英尺的岩心。

Kan-1EXP 井和侧钻完成后，Borr Ran 钻机被转移到第二口井，在 30 号区块（Ix 勘探区）钻探，该井位于 Kan 发现区东北 12 英里处。

Wintershall Dea 首席技术官 Hugo Dijkgraaf 表示，这一发现被视为 Sureste 盆地新枢纽开发的“重要一步”。

Wintershall Dea 及其合作伙伴 Harbour Energy 和 Sapura OMV 将继续评估地下数据收集，为这一发现准备评估计划。该计划将于7月底前提交给墨西哥碳氢化合物机构CNH。Wintershall Dea 负责运营该油田，并持有 30 号区块 40% 的股份。 Harbour Energy 和 Sapura OMV 各持有 30% 的所有权。

Wintershall Dea made an oil discovery in Block 30 of the Kan exploration prospect offshore Mexico. The field, in the shallow Cuenca Salina waters in the Sureste Basin, is estimated to hold 200 MMboe to 300 MMboe. The discovery is also Wintershall Dea’s first own-operated exploration well in Mexico.

Kan is located 16 miles off the Tabasco coast in a water depth of 164 ft. The zone is an area full of Miocene discoveries, including the Zama discovery, of which Wintershall Dea holds a significant working interest.

“After the recent submission of the Unit Development Plan for the Zama field and the acquisition of a material share in the producing Hokchi field, the discovery in Block 30 is the next important milestone for Wintershall Dea in Mexico,” said Martin Jungbluth, Managing Director of Wintershall Dea in a press release.

The Kan well, which is the first of two commitment wells in Block 30, was drilled by the Borr Ran rig. The rig reached a total depth of nearly 11,000 feet and found more than 560 feet of net pay sands of Upper Miocene. An updip sidetrack down to 10,000 meters was also carried out, and an additional 820 feet cores across the main reservoir sands were recovered.

After the Kan-1EXP well and the sidetrack were completed, the Borr Ran rig was moved to a second well to be drilled at Block 30, the Ix prospect, which lies 12 miles northeast of the Kan discovery.

The discovery is viewed as a “significant step” in the development of a new hub in the Sureste Basin, according to Wintershall Dea’s Chief Technology Officer Hugo Dijkgraaf.

Wintershall Dea and its partners Harbour Energy and Sapura OMV will continue to evaluate the subsurface data collection to prepare an appraisal plan for the discovery. The plan will be submitted to Mexico’s Hydrocarbon Agency CNH before the end of July. Wintershall Dea operates the field and holds a 40% stake in Block 30. Harbour Energy and Sapura OMV each hold 30% ownership.