American Oil and Gas Reporter - April 2019 - 92

SpecialReport: Gulf of Mexico Update

W&T Offshore grew its average deepwater
production more than 600 percent and
proved reserves 800 percent between 2009
and 2017, and more than doubled its gross
deepwater acres, mostly through acquisitions. Since 2011, the company has
achieved a 93 percent success rate on more
than 40 wells drilled both on the Shelf and
in the deepwater Gulf.

development well, also targeting the T sand, Williford says,
noting that the T sand has so far yielded cumulative production
of 7.2 million boe at Mahogany.
In deep water, W&T is commencing production from the A13 well at its operated Virgo Field at Viosca Knoll 823. Williford
reports that the well found 77 feet of net vertical pay in two
sand intervals.
According to the company, in the nonoperated portion of the
Ewing Bank 910 Field, the ST 320 A-2 well was completed and
brought on line in December, but initially was flowed at a
curtailed rate of 3,400 boe/d because of limited equipment
capacity to handle vapor recovery on the ST 311 platform.

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W&T indicates it expects to resolve that issue soon to allow for
the well's continued ramp up. Meanwhile, drilling on the ST
320 A-3 was expected to reach total depth targeting a thick
Miocene sand by the end of the first quarter. Williford says that
W&T holds a 10.8 percent interest in Ewing Bank 910 until
certain performance thresholds are met.
Defining a deepwater property as one in more than 500
feet of water, W&T grew average deepwater production
more than 600 percent and proved reserves 800 percent from
2009 through 2017, and more than doubled its gross deepwater
acres, mostly through acquisitions, Williford points out.
"That said, we also have opportunities to tie back off-lease

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