Total - ENI preparing to drill - PHILELEFTHEROS / TEKMOR MONITOR

29.3.2017

Cypriot daily "Phileleftheros" reports that the Total-ENI consortium are in the last phase of preparations for drilling the "Onisiforos" well in Block 11 of Cypriot EEZ. The drill ship "West Capella" has been contracted for this purpose, whose last contract working at Usan offshore field located in the Gulf of Guinea was terminated by ExxonMobil exactly one year ago.

The "Onisiforos" target is located on the fringes of Cypriot EEZ, less than 15 km away from Zohr's, ENI's 30tcf mega find, 8th well.

According to a Seadrill Partners LLC (owned by Norwegian, Cyprus passport holder, John Fredriksen) press release the «West Capella» contract was secured with Total E&P Cyprus B.V. The $10 m contract is said to start in the 2nd half of 2017, and the drill is estimated to last 50 days.

The «West Capella» has recently been upgraded with an «MPD» (Managed Pressure Drilling) system. 

Total to delay Block 11 drilling - CYPRUS MAIL

January 24, 2017

Elias Hazou

French oil major Total has alerted the government that its planned drilling for hydrocarbons in Cyprus’ economic waters will be pushed back to the summer.

According to daily Politis, the company has said that it will delay drilling its first exploratory well to June – rather than April, as indicated earlier.

The well, code-named Onisiforos, lies in Block 11, on which Total has a concession to explore for oil and gas.

The delay is attributed to the prior uncertainty over the location of the company’s onshore support base.