BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (BY Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 15.Jan.2025, Words: 401) â Houston-based Talos Energy Inc. said the Katmai West #2 well located in the Ewing Bank area of the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) successfully encountered commercial quantities of crude oil and natural gas.
Katmai West #2 well was drilled to a true vertical depth of 27,000ft. The well encountered the primary target sand full-to-base with over 400ft of gross hydrocarbon pay and excellent rock properties in line with pre-drill expectations, Talos announced 15 Jan. 2025 in an official statement.