W&T expands shallow-water Gulf of Mexico portfolio

Feb. 2, 2022
W&T Offshore Inc. has acquired shallow-water Gulf of Mexico assets from ANKOR E&P Holdings Corp. and KOA Energy LP.

Offshore staff

HOUSTONW&T Offshore Inc. has acquired shallow-water Gulf of Mexico assets from ANKOR E&P Holdings Corp. and KOA Energy LP.

The Ship Shoal 230, South Marsh Island 27/Vermilion 191, and South Marsh Island 73 fields are in the central Gulf of Mexico.

The company paid about $30.2 million to the sellers.

Key highlights of the transaction are:

• Adds internally-estimated proved reserves of 5.5 MMboe (69% oil) and proved and probable, or 2P, reserves of 7.6 MMboe (75% oil) as of July 1, 2021 assuming strip pricing as of Dec. 7, 2021

• Estimated production of approximately 3.4 MBoe per day (74% oil)

• Adds more than 50 gross producing wells (average working interest of 80%) across three shallow-water fields.

02/02/2022