France’s Total has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Brulpadda prospects, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa.
Mainly, the Brulpadda well encountered 57 meters of net gas condensate pay in Lower Cretaceous reservoirs.
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After reaching the main goal, the well was deepened to a final depth of 3,633 meters and has also been successful in the Brulpadda-deep prospect.
Total drilled this exploration well with the latest generation drilling vessel and was able to leverage its experience in similar environments, such as the West of Shetland, UK.
In addition, Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice President Exploration at Total addressed that after the successful drilling, the company will continue to test several follow-on prospects on the same block.
Concluding, Total along with its partners plan to acquire 3D seismic this year, followed by up to four exploration wells on this license.
The Block 11B/12B covers an area of 19,000 square kilometers, with water depths ranging from 200 to 1,800 meters, and is operated by Total with a 45% working interest, alongside Qatar Petroleum,25%, CNR international, 20% and Main Street, a South African consortium, 10%.
