Deepwater & Unique Application

Kuala Lumpur, 25 February 2019

MIT Technologies is thrilled to have played an indirect role in the drilling of a significant prospect for TOTAL. The announcement from TOTAL S.A on 7th February 2019 of a significant gas condensate discovery in the Brulpadda-1AX re-entry well on Block 11B/12B, located 175 km offshore the southern coast of South Africa, in a water depth of 1,432 meters, is a momentous achievement.

MIT Technologies successfully deployed its game-changing circulating sub, iCWD, in one of the most challenging deepwater operations globally. Due to a narrow weather window and high operating costs, our client was keen on reducing the number of runs and improving operational efficiency. iCWD was the only technology that could be placed below the FPWD LWD tool, thanks to its patented Agile™ activation system, which uses a key command incorporating variations of RPM or flow rate. With this discovery, multiple coring runs were conducted, and iCWD was integrated to secure the core and improve hole cleaning while pulling out of the hole.

It is exciting to receive an appreciation letter from Halliburton for the success of iCWD in such a unique application.

TOTAL Announcement

Paris, February 7, 2019 – Total has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Brulpadda prospects, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometers off the southern coast of South Africa.

The Brulpadda well encountered 57 meters of net gas condensate pay in Lower Cretaceous reservoirs. Following the success of the main objective, the well was deepened to a final depth of 3,633 meters and has also been successful in the Brulpadda-deep prospect.

“We are very pleased to announce the Brulpadda discovery which was drilled in a challenging Deepwater environment”, said Kevin McLachlan, Senior Vice President Exploration at Total. “With this discovery, Total has opened a new world-class gas and oil play and is well positioned to test several follow-on prospects on the same block.”

Total drilled this exploration well with the latest generation drilling ship and was able to leverage its experience in similar environments, such as the West of Shetland, UK.

Following the success of Brulpadda and confirmation of the play potential, Total and its partners plan to acquire 3D seismic this year, followed by up to four exploration wells on this license. The Block 11B/12B covers an area of 19,000 square kilometers, with water depths ranging from 200 to 1,800 meters, and is operated by Total with a 45% working interest, alongside Qatar Petroleum (25%), CNR international (20%) and Main Street, a South African consortium (10%).