Kazakhstan: Yelemes exploratory well spuds

Jan. 7, 2011
Roxi Petroleum PLC, operator of the 1,561 sq km BNG (Ayrshagyl) block in Kazakhstan’s North Caspian basin, has spud BNG exploration well 135 on the North Yelemes structure.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 7
-- Roxi Petroleum PLC, operator of the 1,561 sq km BNG (Ayrshagyl) block in Kazakhstan’s North Caspian basin, has spud BNG exploration well 135 on the North Yelemes structure.

Drilling time is estimated at 42 days to a projected to 2,950 m. The block consists of steppe and transition zone near the northeastern shore of the Caspian Sea.