Anadarko makes new gas find off Mozambique

HOUSTON -- Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has scored another success in the Rovuma basin, offshore Mozambique, with a new gas find at its Barquentine-4 appraisal well.

The Barquentine-4 well – located approximately 19 miles north of the Lagosta discovery well at the southern end of the Windjammer/Lagosta/Barquentine/Camarao gas complex – encountered 525 net feet of natural gas pay.

This is Anadarko's ninth successful well in the complex, which is part of the larger Prosperidade complex that is estimated to hold recoverable resources of between 17 and 30 trillion cubic feet of gas.