Australia-based Woodside has made a new gas discovery at the Thalin-1A exploration well in Block AD-7 in the Bay of Bengal, 100km offshore of the west coast of Myanmar.
The well in the Rakhine Basin has intersected a gross gas column of about 64m and about 62m of net gas pay has been interpreted within the primary target interval.
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Water depth at the well location is 836m.
The well reached a total depth of 3034m and confirmed the presence of a gas column through pressure measurements and gas sampling.
The latest gas discovery follows the previous one made by Woodside at the Shwe Yee Htun-1 exploration well in Block A-6 announced on 4 January.
Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said: "These results are very encouraging for future exploration and appraisal activity, given the significant footprint we have in Myanmar.
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By GlobalData"These discoveries provide evidence of the high-quality of offshore Myanmar as an exploration focus area."
The well is located in the northern part of the Rakhine Basin about 60km west of the Daewoo-operated Shwe Field.
Woodside has a 40% interest in AD-7 and operates the block.
Daewoo International with a 60% interest is serving as operator for all other operations.
At present, Woodside has interests in six blocks offshore Rakhine basin, which make up 47,000km² and represent 20% of the company’s global exploration acreage.
