据 Sintana Energy 10 月 19 日发布的新闻稿称，葡萄牙 E&P Galp预计将在壳牌和TotalEnergies于纳米比亚近海 PEL 83 最近发现的西非石油发现附近开始钻探。

5月，Galp签订了SFL Corp.半潜式钻井平台Hercules的合同。该钻井平台目前正在沿西非海岸运输，预计于 11 月 4 日抵达沃尔维斯湾，预计开钻日期为 11 月中旬。这份为期 115 天的合同包括两口井和可选的试井。

Custos Energy 董事长兼首席执行官 Knowledge Katti 表示，最初的钻探活动目标是 PEL 83 南端的 Mopane 综合体，因为它“代表着当今该盆地最重要和最具吸引力的已知机会之一”。辛塔纳导演。

“PEL 83 的显着前景及其相对较浅的水深，使其成为奥兰治盆地最重要、最有利可图的开发项目之一，”他补充道。

PEL 83 位于纳米比亚的奥兰治盆地。Custos 和 NAMCOR 拥有 PEL 83 10% 的工作权益，并由 Galp 通过首次销售获得。Sintana 间接持有 Custos 49% 的权益。

Portuguese E&P Galp is expected to start drilling wells near recent West African oil discoveries made in PEL 83, offshore Namibia, by Shell and TotalEnergies, according to an Oct. 19 press release by Sintana Energy.

In May, Galp entered into a contract for the SFL Corp. semi-submersible rig Hercules. The rig is currently in transit along the coast of West Africa and is expected to reach Walvis Bay on Nov. 4, with an expected spud date in the mid-November. The 115-day contract is for two wells and optional well testing.

The initial drilling campaign is targeting the Mopane complex at the southern end of PEL 83, as it “represents one of the most significant and attractive known opportunities in the basin today,” said Knowledge Katti, chairman and CEO of Custos Energy and a director of Sintana.

“The significant prospectivity of PEL 83 together with its relatively shallower water depth, position it to be one of the most significant and profitable developments in the Orange Basin,” he added.

PEL 83 is in Namibia’s Orange Basin. Custos and NAMCOR own 10% working interests in PEL 83, and are carried by Galp through first sales. Sintana has an indirect 49% interest in Custos.