Block 16 is located in the Lower Congo Basin some 100km offshore Angola in water depths from 200 meters to 1,500mt. Maersk acquired 50% interest from CNR in 2005. Partners are Sonangol P&P (20%), Devon Energy (15%) and Odebrecht (15%).
One production test was conducted in turbidites of Oligocene age, flowing 6,650 barrels of 36 degrees API oil per day on a 36/64 inch choke.
Lars Nydahl Jorgensen, head of exploration of Maersk Oil, said: “We are encouraged by the results we have made in the Chissonga-1 and -2 wells. We will now evaluate and analyze the results to determine if a development is commercially feasible. We expect to come to a conclusion early 2011.”
He adds that all the data gathered in the Chissonga area are currently being studied and that different development options are being screened.
In Angola, Maersk Oil also holds 50% operated interests in Blocks 8 and 23 in the Kwanza Basin with Svenska Petroleum (30%) and Sonangol P&P (20%). Water depth in Block 8 is up to 500mt and in Block 23 up to 1,500mt.
