Shell (RDS.A) Hits Oil in Gulf of Mexico’s Leopard Prospect

Shell (RDS.A) Hits Oil in Gulf of Mexico’s Leopard Prospect

A subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A recently made a major oil discoveryat the Leopard prospect in the Alaminos Canyon block 691 in the deep-water U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GoM). At multiple stages, the Leopard Well encountered more than 600 feet (183 metres) of net oil pay and an