Canadian Superior, El Paso to drill Mariner

Petroleum News Staff

Canadian Superior Energy said April 16 that El Paso Oil and Gas Canada is farming-in to its 101,800 acre, shallow water, Mariner prospect offshore Nova Scotia near Sable Island. El Paso will pay an undisclosed part of the $45 million to $65 million cost of drilling a 19,685 foot exploration well at the natural gas prospect later this year. Three large Cretaceous structures have been identified for drilling based on “an extensive evaluation of 2,200 kilometers of high-resolution seismic data” shot over the Mariner block this past last year, Canadian Superior said.