By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 4 -- The TT-06 appraisal well in Taq Taq field the Kurdistan sector of northeastern Iraq has flowed oil at an aggregate rate of 18,900 b/d of 48° gravity oil at a low gas-oil ratio from three unstimulated Cretaceous-age formations.
It is the third appraisal well drilled in the field since 2006 by Taq Taq Operating Co., a joint venture of Genel Enerji AS and Addax Petroleum Corp., Calgary. TT-04 tested at nearly 30,000 b/d, and TT-05 tested at more than 25,000 b/d.
A 105-m perforated Shiranish interval flowed 15,380 b/d, 51 m of Kometan flowed 2,020 b/d, and 10 m of Qamchuga flowed 1,500 b/d on 128/64, 40/64, and 32/64-in. chokes, respectively. TT-06 is the third of a six-well appraisal program.
Addax said it anticipates that "constructive efforts of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq towards finalizing a legal framework will enable the corporation to generate a full development plan for the Taq Taq field."
Taq Taq field, covering an estimated 680 sq km 60 km northeast of Kirkuk, was discovered in 1978. Two more wells were drilled in the 1990s.
