BW Energy makes oil discovery offshore Gabon

LIBREVILLE, March 7, 2025 – BW Energy has made a substantial oil discovery offshore Gabon, the company said on Friday.

Drilling encountered a reservoir of good quality on the Bourdon prospect in the Dussafu licence.

Evaluation of logging data and formation pressure measurements confirm around 34 metres of pay in an overall hydrocarbons column of 45 metres in the Gamba formation, making it the largest hydrocarbons column discovered to date in the Dussafu licence.

The well was drilled by the Norve jack-up rig to a total depth of 4,135 metres.

“The Bourdon appraisal well again confirms the significant resource potential of the Dussafu licence, which holds multiple additional prospects,” BW Energy CEO Carl K. Arnet said.

“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,” Arnet added.

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

BW Energy operates the Dussafu licence with a 73.5% interest, while Panoro holds a 17.5% stake, and Gabon Oil Company holds the remaining 9% interest.

BW Energy is an offshore-focused E&P company.

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