BW Energy discovers oil on Bourdon prospect, offshore Gabon

BW Energy announced a substantial oil discovery with good reservoir quality on the Bourdon prospect in the Dussafu License offshore Gabon.  

Evaluation of logging data and formation pressure measurements confirm approximately 34 meters of pay in an overall hydrocarbon column of 45 meters in the Gamba formation, making it the largest hydrocarbon column discovered to date in the Dussafu license. The well was drilled by the Norve jack-up rig to a total depth of 4,135 meters. 

The discovery will enable the company to book additional reserves not included in its 2024 Statement of Reserves, BW Energy stated.

“The Bourdon appraisal well again confirms the significant resource potential of the Dussafu license, which holds multiple additional prospects,” said Carl K. Arnet, CEO of BW Energy. “We will now carefully review the drilling results, but initial data indicates the potential for establishing a new development cluster with a production facility following the MaBoMo blueprint. We are evaluating a second sidetrack to further appraise the discovery”. 

Bourdon is located approximately 15 kilometers west of BW Adolo FPSO and 7.5 kilometers southeast of the MaBoMo facility.