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Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Cairn Energy and its partner offshore Senegal, which includes FAR Ltd., have spud their second well. Cairn moved the Transocean Cajun Express semi-submersible rig from the FAN-1 well location to the SNE-1 well location while ongoing maintenance is being completed and spud the SNE-1.
The first well, the FAN-1 well, was drilled to 1,200 meters below the seabed where 20” casing was cemented completing the ‘top hole’ portion of the well. The rig has then mobilized to the SNE-1 location to most efficiently utilize the rig by drilling the ‘top hole’ portion of this second well. After 20” casing is cemented on the SNE-1 well, the rig will return to the FAN-1 well location in five to seven days, and drill to the total planned depth.
FAR recently signed two farm-in deals with ConocoPhillips and Cairn to secure its share of funding for the two high impact offshore exploration wells in Senegal. The FAN-1 is located on the North Fan prospect in 1,500m water depth. SNE-1 is targeting a shelf edge prospect in 1,100 meters of water. The wells are the first deep water wells drilled in Senegalese waters and the first offshore wells to be drilled for over two decades.
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