Petronas Suriname E&P has made an oil discovery at the Roystonea-1 exploration well in Suriname’s offshore Block 52. The well, located about 185 kilometres offshore in a water depth of 904 metres, was drilled to a total depth of 5,315 metres. It encountered several oil-bearing Campanian sandstone reservoir packages. Further evaluation is being undertaken to determine the full extent of this discovery and its potential development synergy with the Sloanea-1 discovery made in 2020 within the same block. The well was drilled with the 10,000-ft semisub Noble Discoverer, which worked for Petronas in Suriname from August through October 2023. The rig is now scheduled to work for Ecopetrol in Colombia. Block 52, which covers an area of 4,749 square kilometres, is located north of the coast of Paramaribo, Suriname’s capital city, within the prospective Suriname-Guyana basin. 

Petronas Suriname E&P is the operator of Block 52 with a 50% participating interest and ExxonMobil is a partner with the remaining 50% interest. The success of this well is expected to drive further exploration for commercially viable hydrocarbon resources in the surrounding areas.

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