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Posted On: 03/03/2023 11:06:17 AM
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TotalEnergies starts drilling critical Namibia appraisal
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Drilling proof: TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne speakin Lebanon earlier this year.Photo: AFP/SCANPIX
TotalEnergies starts drilling critical Namibia appraisal probe on Venus - sources
French giant kicks off four-well drilling campaign in 'golden' play will prove if there is any substance behind 'fantasy' resource numbers
3 March 2023 13:41 GMT UPDATED 3 March 2023 13:41 GMT
By Iain Esau in London
TotalEnergies has spudded a critical and highly anticipated appraisal probe offshore Namibia that will go a long way to revealing the scale of its potentially huge Venus oil and discovery.
Venus was discovered a year ago in Block 2913B in about 3000 metres of water, with the market speculation emerging at the time that the Orange basin find could hold 12 billion barrels of oil and many trillions of cubic feet of gas.
TotalEnergies subsequently tried to tamp down resource expectations, but it speaks volumes about the supermajor’s view of Venus that it plans to spend half its 2023 exploration budget on a four-well Namibian exploration and appraisal campaign this year.
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Drilling proof: TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne speakin Lebanon earlier this year.Photo: AFP/SCANPIX
TotalEnergies starts drilling critical Namibia appraisal probe on Venus - sources
French giant kicks off four-well drilling campaign in 'golden' play will prove if there is any substance behind 'fantasy' resource numbers
3 March 2023 13:41 GMT UPDATED 3 March 2023 13:41 GMT
By Iain Esau in London
TotalEnergies has spudded a critical and highly anticipated appraisal probe offshore Namibia that will go a long way to revealing the scale of its potentially huge Venus oil and discovery.
Venus was discovered a year ago in Block 2913B in about 3000 metres of water, with the market speculation emerging at the time that the Orange basin find could hold 12 billion barrels of oil and many trillions of cubic feet of gas.
TotalEnergies subsequently tried to tamp down resource expectations, but it speaks volumes about the supermajor’s view of Venus that it plans to spend half its 2023 exploration budget on a four-well Namibian exploration and appraisal campaign this year.
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