KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Bernama)— PETRONAS through its subsidiary, PC Carigali Mexico Operations S.A. de C.V. (PCCMO) announced two deepwater oil discoveries in Mexico from the Polok-1 and Chinwol-1 exploration wells in Block 29, located in the Salina Basin, offshore Mexico.
The Polok-1 well was safely drilled to a depth of 2,620 metres and encountered 200 metres of net oil pay in Lower Miocene deep marine clastic reservoirs. Meanwhile, the Chinwol-1 well, located 12 kilometres from Polok-1, was drilled to a depth of 1,850 metres and encountered net oil pay of 150 metres in the lower Pliocene formation. Drilling of the Polok-1 exploration well had commenced from 29 February 2020, consecutively followed by the drilling of the Chinwol-1 well.