Thanks Crazych, will have a look. Also of interest...so far, so...

Thanks Crazych, will have a look. Also of interest...so far, so good at Enigma.

Shell hits oil with latest probe in Namibia's prolific Orange basin

"Shell has racked up yet another hydrocarbon discovery offshore Namibia, although it is too early to say if it is commercial. The Enigma-1X probe is being drilled in the supermajor’s prolific Petroleum Exploration Licence 39 by Northern Ocean’s semi-submersible drilling rig Deepsea Bollsta, which is being managed by Odfjell Drilling.

A Shell spokesperson told Upstream: “As part of our multi-well campaign in Namibia, Shell and its joint venture partners have safely and successfully concluded drilling our sixth exploration well, Enigma-1X, in PEL 39. The data we’ve gathered so far confirms the presence of hydrocarbons and further evaluation is required to determine commercial potential.”

Enigma-1X was spudded at the end of February at a site about 15 kilometres south-southeast of Shell's Jonker-2A appraisal well. Jonker is expected to be the focus of Shell's first commercial project in Namibia, so a decent discovery at Enigma would boost the economics of any development.

At this stage, it is not known if Shell will carry out a production test on Enigma-1X and therefore retain the Deepsea Bollsta at location, or deploy the rig to drill a new prospect or undertake a flow test at a previously drilled well. The charter of the semisub is due to end sometime in June.

Immediately west of Shell's acreage, semisub Deepsea Mira is still operating on TotalEnergies' Venus-2A appraisal well, while drillship Tungsten Explorer has just arrived in Walvis Bay after completing drilling and testing operations on the French company's Mangetti-1X discovery well. Directly north of Shell's licence, the Hercules semisub is carrying out a flow testing operation on Galp Energia's Mopane-1X discovery probe."