Shell to spud offshore well in Bulgaria next week

Shell is preparing to start drilling an exploration well in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria within days.

On the 26^th March Reuters reported, citing a Shell Bulgaria manager who said that the well at the Block 1-14 “Khan Kubrat” license area would be spud on the 1^st April.

In January Shel said that the exploration programme would to take approximately three to four months to complete.

Shell will use the Noble Globetrotter II drillship for the operation.

The same rig was used by Total in Bulgaria in 2016 when Total announced a play opening oil discovery in the Khan Asparuh licence.

Source: Offshore Energy Today