Project Profile
Location: Southwest of the city of Villahermosa, Tabasco, Chiapas state
Value: Undisclosed
Discovery: 1978
Production start-up: 1980
Average production: 8 million bbls of oil (January 2015)
Reserves: 40 million bbls
Area: 25.3km2
The Topén block is located 45km southwest of the city of Villahermosa, Tabasco with an areal extent of 25.3km2. The Topén field, an upper Cretaceous fractured carbonate reservoir, was discovered in 1978. PEMEX developed this field through the drilling of five wells, reaching peak production of over 1,500 bpd of medium crude oil, in the mid 1980s. This field’s average production for Q2 2017 was approximately 205 bbls/day of light oil and 0.8 MMcf/d, with an average reservoir depth of 3,300 metres.
The Topén field is delineated with 3D seismic data acquired since the original wells were drilled. Renaissance has identified numerous new development well locations and potential for significant field extensions as well as a previously untested area, supported by seismic amplitude analysis. The Topén block was estimated to have contained original volumes in place of 40 million bbls of oil and has had cumulative production of 8 million bbls of oil, as at January 1, 2015.
Operator:
Renaissance Oil: 100% interest