意大利能源巨头埃尼集团（Eni SpA）宣布，其在墨西哥近海苏雷斯特盆地昆卡盐沼第 9 区块的 Yopaat-1 EXP 勘探井发现了储量潜力高达 4 亿桶油当量。
意大利埃尼公司（Eni SpA）是墨西哥的主要外国运营商，该公司宣布在墨西哥近海苏雷斯特盆地昆卡盐沼第 9 区块的 Yopaat-1 EXP 勘探井有新发现。
埃尼公司在 7 月 8 日的新闻稿中表示，该井的钻探水深为 525 米，总深度达到 2,931 米。该井在上新世和中新世地层中发现了约 200 米厚的含碳氢化合物砂层净层。
初步估计，该油气储量潜力约为3亿至4亿桶油当量。
Eni 估计，Sureste 盆地的总资源量超过 13 亿桶油当量，包括新发现的第 9 区块以及 Eni 运营的第 7 区块和第 10 区块的发现。
埃尼公司表示，通过对这三个区块的发现以及该地区的其他潜在资源，并与附近的基础设施协同，该资源估算可以帮助埃尼公司推进对苏雷斯特盆地潜在开发“盆地”的研究。
未来埃尼集团在苏雷斯特盆地运营的区块的产量将提升该公司以及整个墨西哥的产量。
埃尼公司持有 9 号区块 50% 的权益，西班牙的Repsol SA持有剩余 50% 的权益。
Italian energy giant Eni SpA announced a discovery at the Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well in the offshore Mexico Block 9 of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin, which potential up to 400 MMboe in place.
Italy’s Eni SpA, the main foreign operator in Mexico, announced a new discovery at the Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well in Block 9 of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico.
The well was drilled in a water depth of 525 m and reached a total depth of 2,931 m, Eni said in a July 8 press release. The well found about 200 m of net pay of hydrocarbon bearing sands in the Pliocene and Miocene sequences.
Preliminary estimates point to potential of around 300 MMboe to 400 MMboe in place.
Eni estimates the overall resources in place in the Sureste Basin exceed 1.3 Bboe, including the new Block 9 find coupled with discoveries in the Eni-operated Block 7 and Block 10.
The resource estimate could allow Eni to advance with the studies towards a potential Sureste Basin development “hub” with discoveries from the three blocks and other prospects present in the area, in synergy with the infrastructures located nearby, the company said.
Future production to flow from the Eni-operated blocks in the Sureste Basin will the company, and Mexico in general, to boost their respective production profiles.
Eni operates Block 9 with a 50% interest. Spain’s Repsol SA holds the remaining 50% in the block.