Chuditch was discovered in 1998 with the drilling of well Chuditch-1 by Shell. The well penetrated 2,946 m of sedimentary rocks ranging in age from Recent to Middle Jurassic, reaching total depth within the Plover Formation. The well was drilled in a water depth of 64 m. The average water depth across the Chuditch area is approximately 70 m. The well encountered 120 m of gross Middle Jurassic Plover Formation to TD, of which the upper 30 m were above the interpreted free water level (FWL). Chuditch and its four adjacent and likely connected prospects, is estimated to hold prospective resources of 3.3TCF (Pmean).
