British Petroleum Trinidad & Tobago (BpTT) has discovered an estimated 1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas offshore Trinidad.
The discovery doubles the estimated gas in place of the Savonette gas field to 2 tcf.
The Savonette 4 well was drilled into an untested fault block east of the original Savonette field and 80 kilometers off the south east cot of Trinidad. The well was drilled at a depth of almost 300 feet in the Columbus basin and was drilled to a total depth of 18,678 feet, penetrating hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs in two intervals.
“This is exciting news for both BpTT and the industry since this represents the largest discovery for BpTT since 2005,” said Norman Christie, president of BpTT.
The Savonette field was discovered in 2004 by the Chachalaca exploration well and began initial production in 2009. BpTT has proposed drilling a further two development wells in the Savonette reservoir following the success of the initial well.
BP has a 100% working interest in Savonette 4.
