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PETRONAS Makes Oil Discovery in Suriname's Offshore Block 52

édité le 02/11/2023 - europetrole

PETRONAS’ subsidiary, PETRONAS Suriname E&P B.V. (PETRONAS Suriname E&P), has made an oil discovery at the Roystonea-1 exploration well in Suriname’s Block 52.

The well, located about 185 kilometres offshore in water depth of 904 metres, was successfully drilled to a total depth of 5,315 metres. It also encountered several oil-bearing Campanian sandstone reservoir packages. Further evaluation is being undertaken to determine the full extent of this discovery and its potential development synergy with the Sloanea-1 discovery made in 2020 within the same block.

PETRONAS Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Upstream, Datuk Adif Zulkifli said, “PETRONAS views the Roystonea-1 oil discovery as a positive development towards realising our differentiated barrel strategy for international upstream ventures, focusing on a material discovery with minimal contaminants.”

PETRONAS Vice President of Exploration, Mohd Redhani Abdul Rahman added, “The success of Roystonea-1 is expected to drive further exploration for commercially viable hydrocarbon resources in the surrounding areas. PETRONAS will continue to work closely with the host authority, Staatsolie, and partners to unlock Suriname's hydrocarbon potential. We look forward to implementing safe and successful future exploration programmes together.”

Block 52, which covers an area of 4,749 square kilometres, is located north of the coast of Paramaribo, Suriname’s capital city, within the prospective Suriname-Guyana basin. PETRONAS Suriname E&P is the operator of Block 52 with a 50 per cent participating interest.

In addition to Block 52, PETRONAS Suriname E&P operates Block 48 with 100 per cent participating interest. It is also a partner with 30 per cent non-operating participating interest in the adjacent Block 53 where the Baja-1 oil discovery was made in 2022.

This discovery is a result of PETRONAS’ ongoing efforts towards ensuring energy security to meet the growing global energy demands.

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Petronas Makes Another Oil Discovery in Suriname

by Jov Onsat|Rigzone Staff|Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) made an oil discovery in a Suriname block co-owned with Exxon Mobil Corp., the Malaysian state-owned company has announced.

The Roystonea-1 exploration well in Block 52, operated by Petronas with a 50 percent stake, was drilled to 5,315 meters (17,437.66 feet), it said in a press release.

Drilling “encountered several oil-bearing Campanian sandstone reservoir packages”, Petronas added in the announcement on its website. The well sits about 185 meters (114.95 miles) off the coast of the Caribbean country.

It is the second discovery on Block 52, where ExxonMobil holds a 50 percent stake, after the Sloanea-1 exploration well. Sloanea-1 is Petronas’ first discovery in Suriname, the company said in a news release announcing the breakthrough December 11, 2020.

“Further evaluation is being undertaken to determine the full extent of this discovery and its potential development synergy with the Sloanea-1 discovery made in 2020 within the same block”, Petronas said of Roystonea-1.
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Petronas, ExxonMobil Ink Deal with Suriname on Potential Gas Development

by Jov Onsat|Rigzone Staff | Friday, March 08, 2024

Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) and Exxon Mobil Corp. have agreed to further explore a potential gas production area offshore Suriname where the leaseholders had declared a gas discovery, albeit a commercially unattractive one, the South American country’s national oil and gas company said.
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