Mauritania: Kosmos discovery


Issue 312 - 19 Nov 2015 | 1 minute read

Kosmos Energy has found more gas offshore Mauritania with its Marsouin-1 exploration well in the northern part of Block C-8. Marsouin-1 encountered at least 70 metres of net gas pay in Upper and Lower Cenomanian intervals comprised of excellent quality reservoir sands. The well was drilled in nearly 2,400 metres of water, 60km north of the basin-opening Tortue-1 gas discovery, now renamed Ahmeyim. “Marsouin-1 is our second major discovery of 2015, extending our 100% success rate in the outboard Cretaceous petroleum system offshore Mauritania and Senegal.

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