Partners mulling Yeti options

Partners have finished drilling operations at an appraisal of the Statoil-operated Yeti discovery in the US deep-water Gulf of Mexico, and next steps are being evaluated.

Discoverer Americas: Was tasked with Yeti appraisal

Kathrine Schmidt

More than 320 feet of "whole core" was extracted in the same Miocene intervals as seen in the discovery well, according to US independent Anadarko.

"The partnership is currently evaluating potential development options for the Yeti discovery," the company said in a fourth-quarter operations update.

Norway's Statoil operates Yeti with a 50% stake, with Anadarko on 37.5% and Samson Offshore on 12.5%.

Anadarko will take over operatorship for any developments at Yeti, Statoil has said.

The Yeti prospect straddles the Walker Ridge area blocks of 117, 157, 158, 159 and 160.

The appraisal kicked off in August with Transocean drillship Discoverer Americas. It was permitted to a depth of about 30,570 feet in 5861 feet of water.

The latest well was located less than two miles south-east of the original find, located in Walker Ridge Block 160.

Drillship Maersk Developer tackled the well in a prolific area of the US Gulf, just nine miles south of Chevron's Big Foot discovery.