Conoil discovers huge gas reserve in Niger Delta

Conoil Producing Limited, Nigeria’s leading indigenous petroleum, exploration and production company, has discovered huge deposits of gas in the central part of its Oil Mining Lease 136 (OML-136) in offshore western Delta of Nigeria.

The company made the discovery in Agge-3B. T1 well while appraising an undrilled compartment of the Agge field complex. The well was located in a water depth of 140 metres and reached a total depth of 2,710 metres, below mean sea level. The newly discovered gas reserve has a gross thickness in excess of 160 metres.

Reports said that the production test over the lower intervals of the new pay zones yielded an impressive volume of 24.2x MMScft/d on a 36/64" choke. Further ongoing studies will assess the impact of the Agge-3B, T1 results on the field reservoir and in addition to other discoveries, provide available options for the development of the block. Conoil Producing Limited is the operator of the Joint Venture in which Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNL), a subsidiary of TOTAL S.A owns a 40 percent working interest in the license.

Conoil was awarded the oil block OML 136 (formerly OPL 458) in 1992, after the company had successfully proven itself as a major indigenous player in a sector that was hitherto dominated by foreign companies.
Conoil has over the years, built up a broad based experience and extensive competence relating to the exploration, development and production of crude oil and gas fields as well as the operation of production units and pipelines.