Exploration of the Transform Margin of West Africa: Discovery Thinking — Jubilee and Beyond & Exploration of the Tano Basin and Discovery of the Jubilee Field, Ghana: A New Deepwater Game-Changing Hydrocarbon Play in the Transform Margin of West Africa. Discovery Thinking talk given by Greg Jewell
at AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition in Houston, Texas, April 10-13, 2011.
Mahogany #1 (Jubilee Field) – Discovery Well
- Stacked turbidites of Turonian age
- Net oil pay 95m (>300ft
)
- Individual pays up to 35m (>100ft
) thick
- Excellent reservoir characteristics
- High well deliverability (Mahogany #1 Tested at
>20,000bopd)
Expanding the Trend
- Established
position in Cretaceous
fan play fairway (8 m
illion
acres +/
-)
- 30+ Jubilee type prospects and leads captured
- 2 discoveries in Sierra Leone, 1st
well in Côte d’Ivoire
- 3 additional major discoveries in Ghana (Tweneboa, Enyenra, and Teak)
The Results
- Mahogany-
1 (Jubilee)
discovery in June 2007
- Tweneboa (Ghana) discovery in March 2009
- Venus discovery (Liberian Basin) September 2009
- Owo (Ghana)
discovery July 2010
- Mercury
discovery (Liberian Basin) November 2010
- 25-30 deepwater
industry-wide exploration and appraisal
wells planned for 2011 (~$1.6 B)