Gov’t, Repsol discuss post Jaguar-1 drilling options

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The government of Guyana and Repsol Exploracion SA, operator of the Georgetown Block, along with officials of the consortium involved in the drilling operations of the Jaguar-1 well, offshore Guyana, have met to discuss the preliminary outcomes of the project and future plans.

From left to right: Geologist and Guyana Basin Team Leader Sean Mulligan; Repsol (Guyana) Country Manager Glancarlo Ariza; Repsol Atlantic Basins Exploration Manager Allan E Kean; Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud; GGMC Commissioner Karen Livan; Senior Policy Advisor Bobby Gossai; and GGMC Chairman General, Joseph Singh

The partners to the Georgetown Block are Tullow Oil plc (30 per cent); CGX Resources Inc (25 per cent); YPF Guyana Ltd (30 per cent) and Repsol Exploracion SA (15 per cent).
Drilling of the Jaguar- 1 well was stopped at a depth of 15,998 feet, and the decision to plug and abandon was taken unanimously by all partners based on the high pressures encountered.
The decision to abandon the well was fully supported by the government of Guyana. While the well was planned as a High Pressure, High Temperature (HPHT) well, actual pressures observed were significantly higher than predicted and continuing to deepen the well would not have been within the well design parameters to contain these pressures.
The drilling of the well progressed as planned in the early stages, but high formation pressures found deeper dictated the plugging and abandonment of the well.
Abandonment was achieved as planned and subsequent monitoring of the site is also planned for the immediate future.
While Repsol and consortium partners continue to evaluate all of the data gathered during the drilling of Jaguar- 1, they shared with the government officials the preliminary findings, which included evidence of petroleum occurrences and indicated their future plans to determine the viability of reaching the primary objective of Jaguar- 1. Based on the now known pressures, a new well may be drillable to the primary and secondary targets deeper than 18,000 feet and as deep as 21,500 feet.
The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission has been mandated to work with the consortium on the best way forward to achieve an early restart of exploration drilling on the Georgetown Block. In this regard, discussions have been initiated between the government and the consortium.

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