By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Apr. 12 -- Brooks Range Petroleum Corp. (BRPC), operator of the ADL 47468 lease on Alaska's North Slope, has made an apparent discovery with one of two wells in the Gwydyr Bay Prospect Area.
The North Shore No. 1 well was drilled to 10,319 ft TVD (13,309 ft MD) through Triassic Ivishak sandstone.
BRPC's partner TG World Energy Corp. said the well appears comparable to Mobil Corp.'s 1974 Gwyder Bay South No. 1 well, which also intersected Ivishak. Mobil's undeveloped discovery, 1,100 ft east of BRPC's well, flowed on test at an average 2,263 b/d of oil.
The recent North Shore No. 1 well is scheduled to be tested during the 2008 winter season following reservoir evaluation using recently acquired 3D seismic data of the prospect area.
BRPC plans to case the well as a potential oil producer.
The second well—Sak River No. 1—was a dry hole. It was drilled to 11,348 ft TVD (13,110 ft MD).
The well has been suspended for the possible drilling of an exploratory sidetrack during the 2008 winter drilling season. Information from this well will be integrated with proprietary 3D seismic data to evaluate the sidetrack.
Nabors Drilling Alaska Rig No. 16E drilled both the North Shore and the Sak River wells (OGJ Online, Feb. 19, 2007).
