The Zama appraisal program includes three penetrations. Talos Energy reported late Wednesday that the initial phase of appraisal drilling near its Zama-1 discovery in Block 7 offshore Mexico was concluded. The company, serving as operator of a Block 7 consortium that includes Premier Oil Plc and Sierra Oil and Gas S. de R.L. de C.V., noted that the Zama-2 appraisal well was successfully completed Jan. 20 – approximately 28 days ahead of schedule and 25 percent below initially projected costs. As Rigzone reported early last month, the Ensco 8503 spud the Zama-2 appraisal well in the Sureste Basin of the Gulf of Mexico Nov. 29, 2018. A joint venture of McDermott International, Inc. and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) is executing the engineering services contract for the Zama field development . “We are very pleased with the results of the Zama-2 well as we were able to achieve […]