El ministro guyanés de Agricultura, Robert Persaud, junto al Gerente Taku Oil Gas Inc , Dilorece a su izquierda al examinar una muestra de crudo del pozo perforado en Karanambo en 1982. La Takutu Oli tiene proyectado perforar en busca de yacimientos petroleros en la cuenca del Tacutu a finales del 2010.
http://www.elnuevoherald.com/finanzas/negocios-ap/story/635693.html
The Associated Press
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Una compañía canadiense informó que empezará a perforar pronto en busca de petróleo y gas en la sabana del sudoeste de Guyana, fronteriza con Brasil.
La firma Groundstar Resources, con sede en Calgary, explora la cuenca de Takutu, donde exploraciones anteriores revelaron potencial de ricos depósitos, dijo el vocero Dilorece South el viernes por la noche.
La compañía construye una pista aérea y transporta equipos pesados para empezar las perforaciones en mayo, agregó.
Groundstar Resources une esfuerzos con Canacol Energy Ltd. para la producción petrolera comercial en esa nación sudamericana. A fines del año pasado, Canacol pagó a Groundstar 3,45 millones de dólares para adquirir un 35% adicional en la licencia de exploración.
La compañía petrolera canadiense CGX también espera perforar en busca de petróleo y gas natural en la costa este de Guyana a fines de 2010. El trabajo tendrá lugar después que una disputa fronteriza de casi una década dificultó las operaciones en la región.
La firma española-argentina Repsol YPF y Exxon Mobil Corp. de Irving, Texas, también tienen concesiones en la cuenca guyanesa, que según los expertos podría contener hasta 15.000 millones de barriles de petróleo y 42 billones de pies cúbicos de reservas gasíferas.
Nota del editor del blog: Al referenciarse a la República Cooperativa de Guyana se deben de tener en cuenta los 159.500Km2, de territorios ubicados al oeste del río Esequibo conocidos con el nombre de Guayana Esequiba o Zona en Reclamación sujetos al Acuerdo de Ginebra del 17 de febrero de 1966.
Territorios estos sobre los cuales el gobierno Venezolano en representación de la Nación venezolana se reservo sus derechos sobre los territorios de la Guayana Esequiba en su nota del 26 de mayo de 1966 al reconocerse al nuevo Estado de Guyana .
“...por lo tanto, Venezuela reconoce como territorio del nuevo Estado, el que se sitúa al este de la margen derecha del río Esequibo y reitera ante la comunidad internacional, que se reserva expresamente sus derechos de soberanía territorial sobre la zona que se encuentra en la margen izquierda del precitado río; en consecuencia, el territorio de la Guayana Esequiba sobre el cual Venezuela se reserva expresamente sus derechos soberanos, limita al Este con el nuevo Estado de Guyana, a través de la línea del río Esequibo, tomando éste desde su nacimiento hasta su desembocadura en el Océano Atlántico...”
Oil exploration co. eyeing Rupununi drilling in May
Tomado del Diario Stabroeknews.com (Georgetown Guyana) del 23-01-2010
Posted By Gaulbert Sutherland On January 23, 2010 @ 5:30 am In Local News 28 Comments
Canadian oil exploration company Groundstar Resources Inc expects to start drilling for oil in the Rupununi in May.
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Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud along with Takutu Oil and Gas Inc Office Manager, Dilorece South (left), examine a sample of oil from the well drilled at Karanambo in 1982. Takutu Oil plans to drill for oil in the Takutu basin later this year and opened its local office yesterday.
Preparations are underway at the location identified, with the airstrip being certified, a well being dug and construction beginning on accommodation, Office Manager of the company’s local subsidiary, Takutu Oil and Gas Inc, Dilorece South said. She cautioned, however that there are still a lot of logistics that has to be taken care of and the May date is tentative.
Groundstar has established Takutu Oil and Gas to drill up to two exploration wells in conjunction with its partner, Canacol Energy Limited. The first well, identified as Apoteri K2, will be drilled as a “deviated well” to test the oil bearing fractured reservoir discovered in Karanambo #1 in a more favourable structural position.
The company hosted a cocktail reception at its newly established Georgetown office last evening and South, noting that if the company is successful, asserted that it will also be the people of Guyana who will be successful.
Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud, performing the duties of the Prime Minister, noted that oil had previously been discovered at Karanambo, though not in commercial viable quantities, and this “gives us hope.” He expressed optimism that Guyana will be seen in the future as an oil producer. Further, he pointed out that by the second half of this year, Guyanese will see rigs both on land and in the sea which he stated is a good sign. Another Canadian oil exploration company, CGX Energy, is expected to begin drilling in the Corentyne in the second half of this year.
Persaud stated too that in the context of the Low Carbon Development Strategy, there is a role for the petroleum sector and he emphasised that there is no conflict.
He wished the company well, noting that if oil is found in viable quantities, it will mean a lot for Guyana.
Last December, Canacol had announced that its joint venture partner, Groundstar was tendering for a drilling rig and associated services in order to drill the K-2 exploration well in the second quarter this year. “The bottom hole location for the K-2 well will be approximately 400 meters northwest of the Karanambo 1 discovery well and will target the same productive reservoirs that tested light oil in 1982. The joint venture to date has completed the construction of the drilling pad, access roads, and staging areas in preparation of drilling,” a statement from the company had said. In addition, the joint venture has purchased the tubulars and wellheads for the drilling of up to 3 wells, which were shipped to Guyana in preparation of drilling the K2 well.
Groundstar was awarded its Takutu basin Petroleum Prospecting Licence (PPL) on July 13, 2005. In 1982, Home Oil had discovered high quality crude oil in the fractured Lower Jurassic Apoteri volcanic and Manari sedimentary reservoirs in the Karanambo #1 well and this, a statement from the company said, was proof that the rift basin had an active petroleum system and the commercial oil could exist in the basin.
Three large structural prospects with potential for fractured Apoteri-Manari objectives were defined, namely Apoteri K2 Offset, Pirara River and Rewa. “Substantial in place and recoverable oil resources could exist on any of the three prospects.
Conventional sandstone reservoirs are considered a secondary target in the Rewa Prospect and possibly elsewhere in the basin,” said the company.
South said that the company will drill to a depth greater than the Karanambo #1 well. Following the evaluation of the drilling and testing results, a decision will be made as to where a second well in the basin will be drilled, the company said.
Canacol, a Calgary, Alberta-based company has a 65% non-operated working interest in the Takutu PPL. Groundstar is a publicly traded Canadian junior oil and gas company actively pursuing exploration opportunities in the Middle East, North Africa and South America.
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