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2018 WELLS TO WATCH

"With the recovery of oil and gas prices, global investment opportunities are growing, and staying on top of this new activity can be challenging. In this report, Drillinginfo experts from around the globe pinpoint 32 of the top wells and exploration drilling programmes to watch through the remainder of 2018. These include regionally significant prospects on and offshore from 23 countries, representing high profile new-field wildcats (NFWs) targeting conventional and unconventional plays and some appraisals seeking to prove key discoveries."

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AFRICA Well Count: 6

1 Rabat Deep 1

Well ID: 1336000438

Block Name: Rabat Deep Offshore II

Operator: Eni

Spud Date: Q1 2018

Environment: Deepwater

Basin: Maroc Central Basin

Well Classification: New-field wildcat

Objective: Jurrasic carbonate

Comment: Four-way dip faulted Jurassic carbonate structure, with gross mean prospective resource of 768 MMbo. Potential play opener.

Morocco

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2 Samo 1

Well ID: 1952000005

Block Name: A2

Operator: Erin

Spud Date: Q3 2018


Basin: MSGBC Basin


Objective: Albian sandstone

Comment: Same reservoirs to be targeted as SNE discovery. Seismic reprocessing to precede drilling. First modern offshore well.

The Gambia

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4 Comorant 1

Well ID: 1938000064

Block Name: 2012B

Operator: Tullow

Spud Date: September 2018


Basin: Walvis Basin


Objective: Cretaceous sandstone base of slope turbidite fan

Comment: 1st NFW in Namibia for 5 yrs, game-changer if successful. Partner AziNam to drill 3 wells: Comoront 1, Osprey 1 (PEL 30), then S1 (PEL 71), contingent on Comorant success.

Namibia

5 Brulpadda 1AX

Well ID: 1948000440

Block Name: Block 11B/12B

Operator: Total

Spud Date: H2 2018


Basin: Southern Outeniqua Basin


Objective: Early cretaceous basin floor fan

Comment: Re-drill of Brulpadda 1AX. To take 60-80 days to drill. 5Bbo prospect.

South Africa

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3 Ivela 1

Well ID: 1920002760

Block Name: Luna Muetse

Operator: Repsol

Spud Date: January 2018


Basin: Gabon Basin


Objective: Cretaceous sandstone

Comment: To target Ivela prospect, following drilling of Boudji 1 NFW on Likuale block.

Gabon

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6 Hammerkop 1

Well ID: 1951000144

Block Name: Rukwa South Basin

Operator: Heritage Oil

Spud Date: November 2018

Environment: Land

Basin: Rukwa Basin


Objective: Lower Lake Beds Neogene sandstone & Oligocene Nsungwe Fm. Secondary Cretaceous Galuda Fm.

Comment: Potential new branch of East African Rift System.

Tanzania

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AMERICAS Well Count: 12

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1 Osheki-1

Well ID: 2042017309

Block Name: 107

Operator: 107

Spud Date: Q3 2018

Environment: Land

Basin: Ucayali Basin


Objective: Cushabatay Devonain sandstone

Comment: This prospect has a P50 prospective recoverable resource estimate of 252 MMbo and 20% chance of success.

Peru

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4 1BRSAXXXSPS (Guanxuma)

Well ID: 2018027942

Block Name: BM-S-8

Operator: Statoil

Spud Date: Q1 2018


Basin: Santos Basin


Objective: Barra Velha Early Crretaceous carbonates

Comment: Expensive pre-salt well needs to spud by 1 March to retain rights, second prospect on block, giant potential.

Brazil

3 Jaguar X-6

Well ID: 2017001957

Block Name: Huacareta

Operator: Shell

Spud Date: H1 2018

Environment: Land

Basin: Tarija Basin


Objective: Huamampampa Devonaian sandstone & shale

Comment: On trend with prolific producing Margarita gas field, non producing block has 13.5 Tcfg assessed potential, multi Tcfg prospect, deep high potential well.

2 Nancahuazu-X1

Well ID: 2017001935

Block Name: Azero

Operator: Total

Spud Date: Q3 2018

Environment: Land

Basin: Tarija Basin


Objective: Assumed Huamampampa Devonaian sandstone & shale

Comment: Deep high potential well.

Bolivia

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5 Cuchilla de Pampa 1

Well ID: 2049000036

Block Name: Piedra Sola

Operator: Schuepbach International

Spud Date: Q4 2018

Environment: Land

Basin: Norte Basin


Objective: Devonain sandstone & shale

Comment: P90 OIP estimate of 460 Mmbo well will check quality and development of Cordobes Shale and test oil migration to highly permeable sands, since no reserves or production in country, this well targeting.

Uruguay

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6 Scotia Basin NFW

Well ID: 2060003581

Block Name: EL 2433

Operator: BP

Spud Date: Q2 2018


Basin: Scotian Basin


Objective: Abenaki Late Jurassic carbonates

Comment: BP is planning to drill a single exploration well, in the Scotia Basin (EL 2431, 2432, 2433 and 2434) in Spring 2018. 120 days drilling expected.

Canada

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8 Pacora-1

Well ID: 2032000081

Block Name: Stabroek

Operator: ExxonMobil

Spud Date: February 2018


Basin: Guyana-Suriname Basin


Objective: Late creatceous sandstone

Comment: Around 6.2km from Payara. Drill site operations allowed for 3 months from 25 January 2018. Rig on location on 28 Jan 2018.

7 Ranger-2

Well ID: 2032000082

Block Name: Stabroek

Operator: ExxonMobil

Spud Date: H2 2018



Well Classification: Appraisal

Objective: Early creataceous limestone & Late Jurassic

Comment: Potential appraisal drilling in 2018. Four-way structure that is geologically different to the stratigraphic traps drilled so far. It is apparently a carbonate build-up with on-lapping sediments.

Guyana

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10 Anapai-1

Well ID: 2046000867

Block Name: Block 45

Operator: Kosmos

Spud Date: H2 2018




Objective: Late Cretaceous sandstone

Comment: Two high-impact oil tests to be drilled by Kosmos in Suriname in 2018. Anapai is likely to be one of them & the first. Pmean resource potential circa 700 MMboe.

9 Aurora-1

Well ID: 2046000888

Block Name: Block 42

Operator: Kosmos

Spud Date: H2 2018




Objective: Late Cretaceous sandstone

Comment: Drilling after 3D data acquisition. Two high-impact oil tests to be drilled by Kosmos in Suriname in 2018. Aurora is one of them & likely to be second. One other key prospect identified on the block.

Suriname

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12 Yaaxtaab 1

Well ID: 2037034479

Block Name: AE-0013-Pilar de Akal-Kayab-04

Operator: Pemex

Spud Date: November 2017

Environment: Shelf

Basin: Pilar Reforma-Akal Basin


Objective: Jurassic pre-salt

Comment: First Mexican pre-salt well to investigate the Akal Fold Belt. Est. cost ~ US$ 128MM. Pemex believes 39 MMboe in new reserves. Approximatly 500m of salt at 6,000m.

11 Amatitlan OPS-1

Well ID: 2037034061

Block Name: AE-0382-M-Amatitlan

Operator: Lumex

Spud Date: Q1 2018

Environment: Land

Basin: Tampico-Misantla Basin


Objective: Pimienta Late Jurassic shale

Comment: Onshore unconventional well targeting Late Jurassic shale.

Mexico

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ASIA PACIFIC Well Count: 10

2 Dorado 1

Well ID: 1410030021

Block Name: WA-437-P

Operator: Quadrant

Spud Date: May 2018

Environment: Shelf

Basin: Roebuck Basin


Objective: Caley sandstone & Milne sandstone

Comment: Caley Sst - Prospective Resources Estimate Pmean of 545 Bcfg & 31 MMbc & Deeper test in Milne Sst - Pmean of 2 Tcfg & 110 MMbc

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1 Ferrand 1

Well ID: 1410030022

Block Name: WA-404-P

Operator: Woodside

Spud Date: Q1 2018


Basin: Carnarvon Basin


Objective: Mungaroo Triassic sandstone

Comment: Contains unrisked gross mean success volume of greater than 100 MMBoe.

Australia

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3 GBBDW-II-B-SH

Well ID: 1104003844

Block Name: BB-OS-DW-II

Operator: ONGC

Spud Date: Q4 2018


Basin: Saurashtra Basin


Objective: Neogene Chinchini & Mahim formations

Comment: Aimed at establishing prospectivity beyond shelf margin.

India

4 Sadiya 1

Well ID: 1104004079

Block Name: AA-ONN-2010/3

Operator: OIL

Spud Date: Q4 2018

Environment: Land

Basin: Assam Shelf


Objective: Oligocene Barail Group

Comment: To date, no exploratory drilling has taken place in the area. Based on the outcome of the well, further drilling of 4 appraisal wells will be decided.

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6 15-1/05-LDT-1X

Well ID: 1019001147

Block Name: Block 15-1/05

Operator: Block 15-1/05

Spud Date: Q2 2018

Environment: Shelf

Basin: Cuu Long Basin


Objective: Early Oligocene Tra Coi Fm.

Comment: Initially to be drilled in July 2017.Lac Da Trang prospect in block following successful Lac Da Vang drilling campaign.

5 Ca Lang 1X

Well ID: 1019001040

Block Name: 120

Operator: Eni

Spud Date: H2 2018


Basin: Song Hong Basin


Objective: Miocene carbonate

Comment: To be drilled between May-mid-June 2018. Unspecified estimated resource in the range between 125.7-1,311 MMbo. Located about 14.5km due east of former operator BHP’s 1993 Ca Sau 1 wildcat (oil shows).

Vietnam

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8 A14-1 & A26-1

Well ID: 1012034896

Block Name: Bone

Operator: Jadestone

Spud Date: H2 2018

Environment: Shelf

Basin: Bone Basin


Objective: Tacipi limestone

Comment: Extends Sengkuang Basin Tacipi reef gas play offshore into Bone Bay.

7 Paus Hitam 1

Well ID: 1012014645

Block Name: Sokang

Operator: Black Platinum

Spud Date: H2 2018

Environment: Shelf

Basin: East Natuna Basin


Objective: Pliocene sandstone

Comment: NE-SW trending 4-way dip closure.

Indonesia

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9 Antelope South 1

Well ID: 1424100100

Block Name: PRL 15

Operator: Total

Spud Date: H2 2018

Environment: Land

Basin: New Guinea Mobile Belt


Objective: Miocene carbonate

Comment: Antelope gas field extension. Multi-Tcfg prospect. To be possibly drilled in 2018.

Papua New Guinea

10 Mailu 1

Well ID: 1424100128

Block Name: PPL 576

Operator: Total

Spud Date: Q4 2018


Basin: New Guinea Mobile Belt


Objective: Eocene carbonate

Comment: New play opener. To be possibly drilled in 2018.

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EUROPE Well Count: 4

2 Cuttlefish 1

Well ID: 1835000054

Block Name: Block 3

Operator: Eni

Spud Date: Q2 2018


Basin: Levant Basin


Objective: Miocene sandstone

Comment: Second of two well Cyprus drilling programme. Will follow Calypso 1 on Block 6. Targets are assumed to be Cenocoic sandstones, which provide the reservoirs in most of the gas fields in Israel.

Cyprus

1 Santola 1

Well ID: 1828000167

Block Name: Santola

Operator: Eni

Spud Date: H2 2018


Basin: Lusitanian Basin


Objective: Jurassic

Comment: The first well to be drilled on the frontier acreage - Analogous with the East Canadian conjugate margin.

Portugal

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3 7435/12 Korpfjell Havert

Well ID: 1827007339

Block Name: 7435/12

Operator: Statoil

Spud Date: Q2 2018


Basin: Barents Sea Platform


Objective: Early Triassic Havert sandstone

Comment: NE Barents Sea on the Norway/Russian border after uncommercial Korpfjell shallow recoverable gas Est. 210 to 425 Bcfg.

Norway

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4 Kampen

Well ID: 1826006471

Block Name: G18

Operator: Hansa

Spud Date: Q2 2018

Environment: Shelf

Basin: Northwest German Basin


Objective: Havel Permian sandstone

Comment: Kampen on NL/German offshore border Est.3.9 Tcfg in place (GIIP) mean prospective resources targeting the Permian Lower Rotliegend Havel play (new play, on trend with Ruby).

Netherlands

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