Global Discoveries 2002
Major Discoveries of 2002
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The following are the highlights of the major
discoveries of 2002 reported through December 1 by IHS Energy.
Discoveries are listed by country, operator,
well name, basin, on- or offshore notation and oil/gas test status.
AFRICA
Angola
- BP, Plutao 1A, Congo Fan, deep water, oil,
5,357 bo/d.
- Gabgoc, Gabela 1, Congo Fan, deep water,
oil, 1,000 bo/d.
- ExxonMobil, Reco-Reco 1, Congo Fan, deep
water, oil, 2,640 bo/d.
Cote d'Ivoire
- Ranger, Kossipo 1, Cote d'Ivoire, deep water,
oil, Sub-commercial .
Chad
- ExxonMobil, Badila 1, Doba Trough, land,
oil, Sub-commercial.
Egypt
- Apache, Abu Sir 1, Nile Delta, deep water,
gas, 17.4 MMcf/d.
- Apache, Karama SE 1, Abu Gharadiq, land,
oil, 1,100 bo/d.
- Apache, Lahun 1, Gindi, land, oil, 15 bo/d.
- Apache, Selkit 1, Shoushan, land, oil,
5,635 bo/d.
- Devon, Gebel el Zeit Sw 2, Gulf of Suez,
offshore, oil, 3,916 bo/d.
- Dublin, Hana South 1, Gulf of Suez, land,
oil, 1,800 bo/d.
- Gupco, Razzak 29, Alamein sub-basin, land,
oil, 5,200 bo/d.
- Gupco, Razzak North 1, Alamein sub-basin,
land, oil, 2,321 bo/d.
- IEOC, Fahd 1, Levantine Deep M., offshore,
gas, 7.5 MMcf/d.
- Khalda, Ozoris 1, Northern Egypt, land,
oil & gas, 2,504 bo/d., 0.75 MMcf/d.
- Khalda, Tut 52, Shoushan, land, gas &
condensate, 29.2 MMcf/d, 781 bc/d.
- Merlon, El Mansoura 3, Nile Delta, land,
gas, 22.8 MMcf/d.
- Petrobel, Belayim Marine 72ST, Gulf of
Suez, offshore, oil, 473 bo/d.
- Petrobel, Belayim land 113-106, Gulf of
Suez, offshore, oil, 1,890 bo/d.
- Qarun, Karama NE 1, Abu Gharadiq, land,
oil, 700 bo/d.
- Qarun, Karama SW 1, Abu Gharadiq, land,
oil, 2,000 bo/d.
- Wepco, Tarfa Twin 1, Alamein sub-basin,
land, oil, 201 bo/d.
Gabon
- Perenco, Alpha 1, N Gabon sub-basin, offshore,
oil, 6,300 bo/d.
- Pioineer, Gnadi Marin 1, S. Gabon sub-basin,
offshore, oil, 2,000 bo/d.
Libya
- Repsol, A-001-NC190, Murzuq, land, oil,
605 bo/d.
- Wintershall, N-001-097, Sirte, land, oil,
3,177 bo/d.
Mauritania
- Woodside, Chinguetti 4-2, deep water, oil
& gas, 1,560 bo/d.
Nigeria
- Addax, Oron West 1, Niger Delta, land, oil,
3,116 bo/d.
- Elf, Ofon South 1, Niger Delta, offshore,
oil, 900 bo/d.
- Elf, Usan 1, Niger Delta, deep water, oil,
5,000 bo/d.
- Shell, Bolia 1, Niger Delta, deep water,
oil, 6,000 bo/d.
Sudan
- Gnpoc, Diffra, Muglad, land, oil & gas,
1,000 bo/d., 9.3 MMcf/d.
- Gnpoc, Diffra West 1, Muglad, land, oil,
6,000 bo/d.
- Gnpoc, Hamam 1, Muglad, land, oil &
gas, 3,200 bo/d.
Tunisia
- Agip, Adam 1, Ghadames Basin, land, oil
& gas, 3,750 bo/d., 1.4 MMcf/d.
- Agip, Baraka SW 1, offshore, oil &
gas, 4,600 bo/d., 5.2 MMcf/d.
EUROPE
Croatia
- Inagip, Korina 1D, Adriatic, offshore, gas,
Sub-commercial..
- Ina-Naft Aplin, Kopcevec 1, Pannonian,
land, gas, 13 MMcf/d.
Czech Republic
- Ceska Naft, Postoma 1, Vienna, land, oil,
123 bo/d.
Hungary
- MOL, Szentmartonkata 1, Pannonian, land,
gas & condensate, 2.3 MMcf/d., 87 bc/d.
Ireland
- Enterprise, 12/2-1, Rockall Trough, deepwater,
oil, n/a.
Italy
- ENI Spa, Panda 1, Caltanisetta, offshore,
gas, 19 MMcf/d.
Netherlands (offshore)
- Clyde, P/12-14, W. Netherlands, offshore,
gas, 9 MMcf/d.
- Wintershall, L/5b-9, NW German, offshore,
gas, tested.
Poland
- PGNG, Baczyna 2, Fore-Sudetic M, land, oil
& gas, Sub-commercial.
- PGNG, Baranowka 2, Carpathian F/d, land,
gas, 3.8 MMcf/d.
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PGNG, Debno 2, Carpathian F/d, land, gas,
2.2 MMcf/d.
- PGNG, Jagiella 4, Carpathian F/d, land,
gas, Sub-commercial.
- PGNG, Leki 1, Fore-Sudetic M, land, gas,
24 MMcf/d.
- PGNG, Witkowice 2, Carpathian F/d, land,
gas, 7.6 MMcf/d.
Romania
- Petrom, Mirosi 100, Moesian, land, oil,
80 bo/d.
- Romgaz, Valea Seaca Est 1, Carpathian F/d,
land, gas, 3.5 MMcf/d.
- Wintershall, Sighisoara 3, Transylvanian,
land, gas, 6.3 MMcf/d.
United Kingdom
- Pancanadian, 15/22-16, Moray Firth, offshore,
oil & gas, 6,274 bo/d., 3.9 MMcf/d.
- Talisman, 21/1A-19, Moray Firth, offshore,
oil & gas, 6,600 bo/d., 7.7 MMcf/d.
- TotalFinaElf, 3/15-9A, East Shetlands,
offshore, gas & condensate, 35 MMcf/d., 1,400 bc/d.
MIDDLE EAST
Iran
- Pars Oil & Gas, SPO 1, Qatar Arch, offshore,
oil, 3,500 bo/d.
Saudia Arabia
- S. Aramco, Takhman 2, Rub'Al Khali, land,
oil, gas & condensate, 3,470bo/d., 4.0 MMcf/d.
- S. Aramco, Wared 1, Cen. Arabian Arch,
land, oil, 2,300 bo/d., 1.1 MMcf/d.
Turkey
- Amity, Bevakoy, Thrace-Gallipoli, land,
oil, 150 bo/d.
- TPAO, Gokici 1, SE Turkey, land, oil, 500
bo/d.
Yemen
- Calvalley, Auqban 1, Sir-Sayun, land, oil,
750 bo/d.
- TotalFinaElf, Amani 1, Sir-Sayun, land,
oil, 130 bo/d.
EURASIA
Azerbaijan
- Socar, Surahani, South Caspian, onshore,
oil, 110 bo/d.
Kazakhstan
- Agip KCO, Kalamkas More/Kerogly, North-Ustyurt,
offshore, oil, 2,300 bo/d.
- Petrom, Zhiniskekum 10, Turgay, land, oil,
541 bo/d.
Russia
- Gazprom, Kamennomysskaya Severnaya 2, Ob
Estuary, offshore, gas, 12.8 MMcf/d.
- Gazprom, Chugoryakhinskaya 1, West Siberia,
offshore, gas, 428 bo/d.
- Lukoil, Chernushinskaya 86, Volga-Ural,
land, oil, 1,200 bo/d.
- Lukoil, Guryanovskaya 1, Volga-Ural, land,
oil, 490 bo/d.
- Tatneft, Astakhovskaya, Volga-Ural, land,
oil, 139 bo/d.
- Tatneft, Saraylinskaya 1, Volga-Ural, land,
oil, 24 bo/d.
- Tomskneftgazgiiol, Obskaya 3, West Siberia,
land, oil, 117 bo/d.
Turkmenistan
- Turkmengeologiya, Sabur Gundogar 1, Bakhardok
M., land, gas, 9.1 MMcf/d.
Uzbekistan
- Uzbekneftegaz, Aral Shimoly 1, North Ustyurt,
land, gas, 5.1 MMcf/d.
- Uzbekneftegaz, Oqnazar Shimoly 2, Beshkent
Trough, land, gas, 2.1 MMcf/d.
- Uzbekneftegaz, Surgil 1, North-Ustyurt,
land, gas, Active, 3.9 MMcf/d.
- Uzbekneftegaz, Uchsay 1, North-Ustyurt,
land, gas, 4.3 MMcf/d.
- Uzbekneftegaz, Urga Shimoly 1, North-Ustyurt,
land, gas, 8.6 MMcf/d.
FAR EAST
China
- CNOOC, Baodao 19-2-2, Qiongdongnan, offshore,
gas, not tested.
- CNOOC, Dongfang 1-1S-1, Yinggehai, offshore,
gas, not tested.
- CNOOC, Dongfang 1-1N-1, Yinggehai, offshore,
gas, not tested.
- CNOOC, Yacheng 13-4-1, Qiongdongnan, offshore,
gas, not tested.
- CNOOC, Yacheng 13-6-1, Qiongdongnan, offshore,
gas, not tested.
- CNOOC, Suizhong 36-1W2, Bohai Gulf, offshore,
oil, not tested.
- CNOOC, Luda 10-1 1, Bohai Gulf, offshore,
oil, not tested.
- CNOOC, Panyu 34-1 1, Pearl River Mouth,
offshore, gas, 13 MMcf/d.
- Devon Energy, Panyu 6-4 1, Pearl River
Mouth, offshore, oil, non commercial.
- Petrochina-Tarim, Ake 1, Tarim, land, gas,
24.5 MMcf/d.
- Petrochina-Tarim, Lungu 13, Tarim, land,
oil & gas, 16.3 MMcf/d., 449 bo/d.
- Petrochina-Tarim, Yingnan 2, Tarim, land,
oil & gas, 6.3 MMcf/d., 29 bo/d.
- Petrochina-Xinjiang, Shidong 2, Junggar,
land, oil, 220 bo/d.
- Petrochina-Xinjiang, Xi 5, Junggar, land,
oil, 9 bo/d.
- Sinopec-Shengli, Zhuanghai 10, Bohai Gulf,
land, oil, +700 bo/d.
- Sinopec-Shengli, Boshen 6, Bohai Gulf,
land, oil & gas, 1,939 bo/d., 1.5 MMcf/d.
- Sinopec-Star, Majing 10, Sichuan, land,
gas & condensate, 2.1 MMcf/d., 3 bc/d.
- Sinopec-W. Frontier, Zhuang 1, Junggar,
land, oil, active.
India
- BG, S. Harinagar 1, Cambay, offshore, oil,
active, 1,300 bo/d.
- Niko, Bheema 1, Cambay, offshore, gas,
15.9 MMcf/d.
- ONGC, Sanarudravaram 1, Krishna Godavari,
offshore, gas, 0.66 MMcf/d.
- ONGC, B-170 2, Bombay, offshore, gas, 0.6
MMcf/d.
- ONGC, Banmali 4, Upper Assam, land, oil
& gas, 352 bo/d., 0.43 MMcf/d.
- ONGC, Kural 3, Cambay, land, oil, 320 bo/d.
- ONGC, Warosan 5, Cambay, land, oil &
gas, 30 bo/d., 0.87 MMcf/d.
- Reliance, Dhirubhai 1, Krishna Godavri,
deep water, gas, 39.4 MMcf/d.
Indonesia
- Devon, Sabar 1, South Sumatra, land, gas,
not tested.
- Exspan, Rambutan Deep 1, South Sumatra,
land, gas, 4.75 MMcf/d.
- Kodeco, KE 39-1, East Java, offshore, oil
& gas, 557 bo/d., 11 MMcf/d.
- Kodeco, KE 40-1, East Java, offshore, oil
& gas, 2,400 bo/d. 1.69 MMcf/d.
- Lapindo, Carat 1, East Java, land, gas,
2.3 MMcf/d.
- Pertamina/Midoc, Pidawan, Tarakan, offshore,
gas, 4.47 MMcf/d.
- Pertamina, Sungai Gelam Deep 1, South Sumatra,
land, gas, 2.69 MMcf/d.
- Pertamina, Tambun Kalapa 1ST,
West Java, land, oil & gas, 297 bo/d., 3.8 MMcf/d.
- Santos, Maleo 1, East Java, offshore, gas,
13.5 MMcf/d.
- Unocal, Ranggas West 1, Kutei, offshore,
gas, not tested.
Malaysia
- Carigali, Bunga Melati 1, Malay, offshore,
gas, not tested.
- Carigali, Bunga Raya W 1, Malay, offshore,
oil & gas, not tested.
- Murphy, Bagang 1, NW Sabah, offshore, gas,
not tested.
- CPOC, Muda South 1, Malay, offshore, gas
& condensate, 10 MMcf/d, 20 bc/d.
- CPOC, Jengka East 1, Malay, offshore, gas
& condensate, not tested.
Myanmar
- Focus, Htaukshabin 698, Minbu, land, oil,
70 bo/d.
Pakistan
- OGDC, Chak-2-1, Lower Indus, land, gas &
condensate, 10.8 MMcf/d, 425 bc/d.
- OGDC, Chak-63-1, Lower Indus, land, oil
& gas, 2,000 bo/d., 4 MMcf/d.
- OGDC, Chak-66-1, Lower Indus, land, oil
& gas, 150 bo/d., 1.7 MMcf/d.
- OGDC, Norai Jagir 1, Lower Indus, land,
gas & condensate, 9.5 MMcf/d.
- OGDC, Resham 1, Lower Indus, land, gas
condensate, 6.1 MMcf/d., 1,416 bc/d.
- PPL, Khanpur X1, Middle Indus, land, gas,
11 MMcf/d.
Thailand
- PTTEP, SKJ 1X, Chao Phraya, land, oil, not
tested.
- PTTEP, Arthit 14-5ST, Malay, offshore,
oil & gas, 2,826 bo/d., 6.54 MMcf/d.
- PTTEP, Arthit 14-6X, Malay, offshore, gas
& condensate, 23.8 MMcf/d., 278 bc/d.
- PTTEP, Pikul 2X, Malay, offshore, gas,
not tested.
- PTTEP, BK-DEL 22, Malay, offshore, gas
& condensate, not tested.
Vietnam
- OMV, 111-HE 1X, Song Hong, offshore, gas,
non commercial.
- CLJOC, 15-1-SC 1X, Cuu Long, offshore,
oil, 100 bo/d.
- HLJOC, 09-2-CN 1X, Cuu Long, offshore,
oil & gas, 2,500 bo/d., 6.6 MMcf/d.
- HLJOC, 16-1-NO 1X, Cuu Long, offshore,
oil, 250 bo/d.
AUSTRALIA
Australia
- Apache, Exeter 1, Carnarvon, offshore, oil,
22m oil column.
- Apache, Hoover 1, Carnarvon, offshore,
oil, 6m oil column.
- Apache, Little Sandy 1, Carnarvon, offshore,
oil, 20.0m oil column.
- Apache, Pedrika 1, Barrow-Sub Basin, offshore,
oil, 7m oil column.
- Apache, Simpson South 1, Carnarvon, offshore,
oil, 8m oil column.
- Apache, Victoria 1, Barrow-Sub Basin, offshore,
oil, 6m oil column.
- Beach, Aldinga, Cooper-Eromanga, land,
oil, 2m oil column.
- Beach, Sellicks 1, Cooper, land, oil, 2,160
bo/d.
- Mosaic Oil, Churchie 3, Surat, land, gas,
20 MMcf/d.
- Mosaic Oil, Norkam 1, Surat, land, gas,
3.5m gas column.
- Origin Energy, Hovea 2, Perth, land, gas,
16.5 MMcf/d.
- Roc Oil, Cliff Head 2, Perth, offshore,
oil, 25.5m oil column.
- Santos, Buttress 1, Otway, land, gas, 46m
gas column.
- Santos, Norfolk 1, Carnarvon, offshore,
oil, 30m oil column.
- Santos, Norfolk 2, Carnarvon, offshore,
oil, 9m oil column.
- Stuart Pet, Acrasia 1, Cooper-Eromanga,
land, oil, 2,200 bo/d.
- Stuart Pet, Acrasia 2, Cooper-Eromanga,
land, oil, 6m oil column.
- Woodside, Enfield 4, Barrow-Sub Basin,
offshore, oil & gas, 18.1 oil column.
New Zealand
- Marabella, Makino 1, Taranaki, land, oil,
6m oil column.
LATIN AMERICA
Argentina
- Astra, Granson 602, San Jorge, land, oil,
407 bo/d.
- Astra, Grimbeek 610, San Jorge, land, oil,
69 bo/d.
- Capex, Senillosa Centro 1002, Neuquen,
land, gas, 0.7 MMcf/d.
- CGC, Estancia La Mariposa 1001, San Jorge,
land, gas, 5.4 MMcf/d.
- Chevron, Cerro Arena 3, Neuquen, land,
gas, 0.44 MMcf/d.
- Chevron, El Galpon Norte, Austral, land,
oil, 86 bo/d.
- Dong Won, Puesto Climaco 5(H), Noroeste,
land, oil, 1,510 bo/d.
- Pan Am, San Pedrito 3, Tari, land, gas,
88.2 MMcf/d.
- Petrobras, Puesta Zuniga 1001, Neuquen,
land, gas & condensate, 9 MMcf/d., 516 bc/d.
- Pioneer, Aguada Quinchao X-37, Neuquen,
land, oil, 321 bo/d.
- Pioneer, Borde Espinosa Este 1, Neuquen,
land, oil, 228 bo/d.
- Pioneer, Loma Farias Oeste X-1, Neuquen,
land, oil, 327 bo/d.
- Tecpet, Puesta Quiroga 0.1, San Jorge,
land, oil & gas, 616 bo/d., 0.71 MMcf/d.
- YPF, Cerro Hamaca Oeste 21, Neuquen, land,
oil, 40 bo/d.
- YPF, Cerro Negro 1, Neuquen, land, oil,
189 bo/d.
- YPF, Rincon Blanco 1, Neuquen, land, oil,
358 b/d.
Barbados
- BNOCL, Flat Rock 1, NE Caribbean, land,
oil, 29 bo/d.
Bolivia
- Chaco, Kanata X-1, Chaco, land, gas &
condensate, 1.6 MMcf/d., 263 bc/d.
- Pluspet, Curiche X-1001, Chaco, land, gas,
3.9 MMcf/d.
Colombia
- Hocol, La Hocha 1, U. Magdalena, land, oil,
4,500 bo/d.
- Repsol, Capachos 1ST, Llanos-Barinas,
land, oil, 4,500 bo/d.
Cuba
- Sherritt, Faustino 1, N. Cuban Prov., land,
oil, 4,500 bo/d.
- Sherritt, Majaguillar East 1, N. Cuban
Prov., land, oil, uneconomic.
Ecuador
- City INV, Sonia 1, Napo, land, oil, 449
bo/d.
- City INV, Tarapoa Sur 1, Napo, land, oil,
453 bo/d.
- Occidental, Dumbique 1, Napo, land, oil,
3,300 bo/d.
- Mexico Pemex, Lankahuasa 1, Tampico-Mis.,
offshore, gas, 37 MMcf/d.
- Pemex, Levita 1, Gulf coast, land, gas,
5.1 MMcf/d.
Peru
- Petrotech, LO19 5X, Talara, offshore, oil,
120 bo/d.
- Pluspetrol, Carmen Este 1, Maranon, land,
oil, 1,900 bo/d.
Trinidad & Tobago
- EOG, Parula 1, Trinidad, offshore, gas,
24 MMcf/d.
- Venture, Antilles Ligoure M. 22, Soldado,
offshore, oil, 200 bo/d.
Venezuela
- PDVSA, Lago 3047X, Maracaibo, land, oil
& gas, 13,329 bo/d., 2.3 MMcf/d.
- PDVSA, Dorado 1, Trinidad, offshore, gas,
62 MMcf/d.
- PDVSA, Santa Barbara 130X, East Venezuela,
land, oil & gas, 2,571 bo/d., 2.2 MMcf/d.
- ODVSA, Yomoporo 9, Maracaibo, land, oil
& gas, 13,789 bo/d., 5 MMcf/d.