TOTAL Signs Up For A Three Well, 202...

French major TOTAL will be returning, within the next one year, for further exploration and appraisal of the prospects in South Africa's Block 11B/12B offshore South Africa, where it discovered large gas condensate pools in January 2019.

The Paris headquartered company has secured the Deepsea Stavanger for a multiwell drilling programme, beginning with the spud of the Luiperd Prospect in Q1-2020. This was the same equipment and crew that drilled the Brulpadda oil and gas discovery. Up to three exploration wells are expected to be drilled during the forthcoming campaign.

Block 11B/12B is located in the Outeniqua Basin, located 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa. The block covers an area of 19,000 square kilometers with water depths ranging from 200 to 1,800 meters. The Paddavissie Fairway in the southwest corner of the block includes the Brulpadda discovery and several submarine fan prospects.