RE: Just under 1 billion barrels ...16 Apr 2016 12:49
Falkland oil explorer Borders & Southern (LON:BOR) shares advanced in early deals thanks to a new assessment of the Darwin condensate discovery, based on the analysis of 3D seismic.
The company revealed it has identified additional reservoir intervals and has better defined the discovery’s reservoir characteristics.
As a result the explorer now estimates the combined Darwin East and Darwin discovery contains 360mln barrels of recoverable gas condensate.
Borders has also defined ‘near field’ prospects, called Covington and Morgan, which it believes will be more likely to contain oil rather than gas or condensate. Another two near field prospects, Sulivan and Stokes, are deeper than Darwin and are more likely to be gas condensate.
Covington and Morgan are estimated to contain 216mln and 230mln barrels of potentially recoverable oil respectively, whereas Sulivan and Stokes are estimated to have 473mln and 134mln barrels of recoverable condensate.
A fifth prospect, Wickham, is believed to be more likely oil and is estimated at 119mln barrels.
An exploration drilling campaign is currently underway in the Falklands, but, Borders & Southern is not among the companies partnered in the rig sharing contract.
Borders & Southern said it will continue with further sub-surface technical work to refine its assessment of the Darwin area.