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Kerr-McGee finds oil at East Breaks



By Upstream staff 

Kerr-McGee has hit oil at its East Breaks 599 deep-water well in the Gulf of Mexico and plans to develop the find via a subsea tieback to its Boomvang production hub.

The well, in 3220 feet of water, hit more than 135 feet of net oil pay in several sands. It was drilled to a total depth of 9142 feet.

Kerr-McGee said the field, which lies three miles south of East Breaks block 643 where Boomvang is located, has potential reserves of between 10 million to 20 million barrels of oil equivalent. The well will be temporarily abandoned for completion in early 2006

Kerr-McGee senior vice president Dave Hager said: “We plan (to carry out) additional satellite exploration in the East Breaks area, with a four-well exploratory programme at Northwest Nansen near our Nansen production hub.

“We expect to spud the first well later this summer and estimate that the combined resource potential for the four fault blocks is in the range of 20 million to 50 million boe.”

Meanwhile, the company has decided to abandoned its Chilkoot exploration well on Green Canyon block 320 after it turned out to be non-commercial.

It added that the well, which was drilled to a depth of 32,023 feet, will be considered for future re-entry or sidetrack.

Kerr-McGee has a 33.34% operating interest in East Breaks 599 and a 33.33% operating interest in Chilkoot.


Thursday, 30 June, 2005, 21:51 GMT  | last updated: Friday, 01 July, 2005, 08:23 GMT

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