At 8am (WST) this morning, the Stena Tay rig was drilling ahead at 2000 metres in the 18.5 inch top hole section of the well, which is targeting a salt dome with draped Lower Miocene sands of similar structure to the Chinguetti Field.
With a water depth of about 1675 metres, Espadon-1’s sands are about the same age as the Chinguetti field and Tiof discovery.
In other offshore Mauritania activities, the Sotto-1 ST1 well has been plugged and abandoned, after the Stena Ray drill rig found no significant hydrocarbons during wireline logs.
Meanwhile, the West Navigator drillship is continuing work on the Chinguetti development wells.
