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The block is located in shallow water in eastern offshore Trinidad, just north of the Manakin gas discovery and east of the Corallita and Lantana discoveries. Generally there are 3 structural trends- a Northern, Central and Southern trend each with different play types. The area is dissected by NW-SE trending faults. Stratigraphically the area exhibits characteristics of an upper slope environment and previous drilling has targeted complex channel fill facies.
 
Area   685 km2
Water depths   450 – 800 m
Wildcat wells   2 wells: El Nino-1 and Sandpiper-1
Seismic Coverage   3D seismic over entire block, 2D lines
HC types   Gas and gas-condensate
Source   Upper K source rock
Prospective Sands   Sands of Plio- Pleistocene age
Structural Trends   Three major trends- a Northern,
Central and Southern Trend each
with different play types.