Totalenergies’ latest exploration well offshore Namibia was a dry hole.
The Deepsea Mira semisub drilled the Marula-1X well to 6 460m MD on Block 2913B in the Orange Basin.
The well was designed to target Albian-age sandstones within the Marula fan complex, 47km south of the Venus-1X well.
However, there were no hydrocarbons in the primary target. Following completion of drilling operations, the rig will be demobilised.
TotalEnergies’ partner Impact Oil and Gas chief executive Siraj Ahmed says: “The initial data . . . confirms a disappointing outcome for the Marula prospect. However, the full suite of well data acquired will be integrated into the evaluation to realise the block’s full potential.”
Block 2913B covers an 8 215 square kilometre area in water depths up to 3 000m.
Impact entered the licence in 2014 as the original operator, acquiring two-dimensional and three-dimensional seismic data to define the breakthrough Venus oil discovery, drilled subsequently by TotalEnergies.
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