By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct. 19 -- Santos Ltd. has made an oil and natural gas discovery with its Jeruk 2 ST-2 well on the Sampang production-sharing contract area in the Madura Strait off East Java.
During an open-hole drillstem test over an 18 m interval from 5,134-52 m MD, the well flowed 7,488 b/d of oil and 2.21 MMcfd of gas through a ½-in. choke with 2,762 psi flowing tubing pressure during a 5½-hr flow period.
The flow rate was constrained by the throughput capacity of surface production test facilities, Santos said.
Following the flow test, the well was shut-in for measurement of pressure build-up. Jeruk 2 will be deepened to evaluate the extent of the hydrocarbon column.
Drilling of the Jeruk 2 well followed that of the Jeruk 1, which was finished early this year about 1.6 km west (OGJ Online, Apr. 30, 2004).
Santos and PT Medco Sampang each holds 50% interest in the area.
