By an OGJ correspondent
BANGKOK, Jan. 17 -- Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTTEP) has discovered oil, condensate, and natural gas with an appraisal well drilled in the northern part of the onshore Block 44 in Oman.
Two reservoir formations, with a total thickness of 96 m, were discovered with the Shams-4 well, which was drilled to 3,750 m TD.
In the first reservoir formation, testing indicated natural gas with a flow rate of 29 MMcfd and condensate at 1,770 b/d. Testing at the second reservoir formation yielded 6.7 MMcfd of gas and 7,880 b/d of crude.
PTTEP plans to put Shams-4 on production by yearend, PTTEP said. Shams-4 is about 4 km from the Shams-1 gas field, which is due to start producing 50 MMcfd of gas and 4,000 b/d of condensate in July.
Production will be sold to Oman's Ministry of Oil and Gas (OGJ Online, Apr. 26, 2005).
