Key Highlights:
- The Puma West well encountered oil pay in a high-quality, sub-salt Miocene sand.
- Fluid properties from the discovered Miocene zone carried similar properties as other productive Miocene reservoirs in the area.
- The Co-Owners will begin planning an appraisal program that will better define the discovered resource. The wellbore has been suspended as a keeper well to preserve future utility.
- Talos maintains an interest in over 17,000 gross acres in the Puma West area.
Talos Energy President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy S. Duncan commented: "We are very excited about this discovery as well as the broader potential in this area. Puma West is a great example of the class of high impact catalyst opportunities still available in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Advancements in seismic technology, operational efficiency and safety at these depths, combined with ample available infrastructure, support robust project economics while also providing material domestic energy resources to consumers with a small environmental footprint. We look forward to working through our results, planning the appraisal and advancing this project to its next phase with bp and Chevron."