KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 (Bernama) — PETRONAS’ subsidiary, PETRONAS Suriname E&P B.V. (PETRONAS Suriname E&P), has made an oil discovery at the Roystonea-1 exploration well in Suriname’s Block 52.
The well, located about 185 kilometres offshore in water depth of 904 metres, was successfully drilled to a total depth of 5,315 metres. It also 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.