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Kosmos Hits Gas Pay Offshore Senegal

Kosmos Energy’s Teranga-1 exploration well offshore Senegal has made a significant gas discovery, the company said Monday.
Located in the Cayar Offshore Profond Block, approximately 65 km northwest of Dakar in nearly 1,800 m of water, the Teranga-1 well was drilled to a total depth of 4,485 m.
The well encountered 31 m (102 ft) of net gas pay in good quality reservoir in the Lower Cenomanian objective. Well results confirm that a prolific inboard gas fairway extends approximately 200 km from the Marsouin-1 well in Mauritania through the Greater Tortue area on the maritime boundary to the Teranga-1 well in Senegal.
Kosmos has now drilled five consecutive successful exploration and appraisal wells in this fairway with a 100% success rate. In the process, the company has discovered a gross…
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