From 201710 May 2018 19:37
2017 exploration drilling programme
The first exploration well will be located on the Irves (Snow Leopard) prospect in the Taats Basin of Block V and will spud in September 2017. The well will be drilled to a total depth of 3150 m and have an expected duration of 50 days. The Irves prospect comprises a series of tilted fault blocks, with multiple stacked reservoir targets, and has an estimated potential of 160 million barrels of oil-in-place (mean-case) and an upside of 350 million barrels of oil-in-place.