{"id":297918,"date":"2019-02-07T10:21:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T08:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=297918"},"modified":"2019-02-08T08:29:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T06:29:25","slug":"total-makes-major-gas-discovery-off-the-coast-of-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/297918\/total-makes-major-gas-discovery-off-the-coast-of-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Total makes major gas discovery off the coast of South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Total has announced that it has made a significant gas condensate discovery 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa.<\/p>\n

The Brulpadda<\/em> well<\/em> (‘Bullfrog well’) – located off the shore of Mossel Bay – is one of several highly anticipated exploration prospects for the company.<\/p>\n

Total has previously indicated that the field could hold between 500 million to over 1 billion barrels of oil equivalent.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Thursday (7 February), the energy company said that its Brulpadda well encountered 57 meters of net gas condensate pay in Lower Cretaceous reservoirs.<\/p>\n

The well was deepened to a final depth of 3,633 meters and has also been successful in the Brulpadda-deep prospect.<\/p>\n

“We are very pleased to announce the Brulpadda discovery which was drilled in a challenging Deepwater environment\u201d, said Kevin McLachlan, senior vice president of exploration at Total.<\/p>\n

“With this discovery, Total has opened a new world-class gas and oil play and is well positioned to test several follow-on prospects on the same block.”<\/p>\n

Following the success of Brulpadda and confirmation of its potential, Total and its partners said that they plan to acquire a 3D seismic this year, followed by up to four exploration wells on its licence.<\/p>\n

The Brulpadda well covers an area of 19,000 square kilometers, with water depths ranging from 200 to 1,800 meters, and is operated by Total with a 45% working interest, alongside Qatar Petroleum (25%), CNR international (20%) and Main Street, a South African consortium (10%).<\/p>\n

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Game-changer for South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Minister of mineral resources, Gwede Mantashe, led a delegation to the Total Exploration and Production Southern Africa\u2019s Deep Sea Stavenger Rig operations on Saturday (2 February).<\/p>\n

Speaking on the day, Mantashe said that a major oil and gas discovery could be a game changer for the country in terms of the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that we will discover oil so that we can reduce our dependence on imported crude oil.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will work with other government departments in giving the project all the support we can, because we believe that it will help support a turnaround in our economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Read: Finding oil off the coast of Mossel Bay could be a \u2018game changer\u2019 for South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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