ENERGY Caribbean Yearbook (2013-14)

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35
Tullow Oil
46
55
Block 47
Kosmos Energy
Block 42
Murphy Oil
Block 48
56
50
Apache
Block 53
Block 45
Kosmos Energy
54
57
1
Nickerie
Block
43
Suriname-Guyana Maritime Border
51
2 3
Coronie Block
44
Calcutta Block
Block 52
Petronas
Block 31
Inpex
13 14 15
4 5
6 7
Tambaredjo Block
Uitkijk Block
Weg naar Zee
Block
Commewijne Block
37
36
Suriname-French Guiana Maritime Border
0 50 100 150 km
Legend:
Blocks under contract Blocks Bid Round 2013
(28/01/2013 - 26/07/2013)
Blocks not on offer
Staatsolie operated blocks
Staatsolie Oil Fields
Suriname block map (courtesy Staatsolie)
April 2013
Zaedyus appears to have triggered a rush into the
Suriname deep water.
Tullow itself had been first, with block 47 in 2010. The US’s
Kosmos, which was associated with Tullow in the Jubilee
find offshore Ghana, came in shortly after, taking blocks 42
and 45, and was quickly joined by a major, the US’s Chevron,
which farmed in for 50%.
Murphy Oil, which had earlier held block 37 further south,
relinquished that after sinking two unsuccessful wells, and
moved further north to block 48. Apache was awarded
block 53 in a “short-listed bid round” in mid-2012, and
Malaysia’s Petronas block 52.
The arrival of a company from the other side of the world
has been particularly satisfying for Staatsolie. Dwarkasing
notes, “This is the first time an oil company from Malaysia
has come into our part of the Caribbean to explore.” He
might be even more pleased had he known that Petronas
had declined, three years ago, to participate with Petrotrin
to explore in deep water block 27 in Trinidad and Tobago
because it saw little prospectivity there.
Staatsolie itself is planning a leap of faith into the offshore,
but closer to the coast, in about 20 metres of water. It is
using its subsidiary, Paradise Drilling, to undertake what
will probably be a ten-well exploration programme in block
4, one of seven nearshore blocks Staatsolie is keeping for
itself.
“We have a good feeling about block 4,” Dwarkasing says.
“The 3D ocean bottom cable seismic did produce good
data. Since it’s shallow water, we can drill at reasonable cost.”
The first quarter of 2014 “is a realistic date to start the
drilling programme,” he notes, “but all efforts are being
made to commence in the fourth quarter of 2013, if we can.”
About 40 exploratory wells will also be sunk by Staatsolie in
various blocks on land in the course of the year.
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