Licence 5/07 incorporates part-blocks 48/17, 48/18 and 48/19 adjacent to and immediately north-west of the Kinsale Head Gas field. The licence encompasses an area of 181 sq. kms, lies in water depth of circa 100 metres, and is currently held 99% by Lansdowne as operator. This licence contains the Galley Head gas discovery with potential for 30 BCF GIIP/ 25 BCF recoverable and the SE Rosscarbery and Rosscarbery Prospects with combined P50 prospective resources of 324 BCF GIIP/ 247 BCF recoverable .
- The Galley Head discovery well (48/18-1), lying some 6km northeast of the main Rosscarbery Prospect, was drilled by BP in 1985 and tested gas at 13.7 mmscfd from the Lower Cretaceous Greensand, ‘A’ Sand, reservoir.
- In post-well evaluation studies, BP identified a number of other structures, with the main prospect being what is now called Rosscarbery.
