Gazprom Neft completes testing on second Badra well in Iraq

March 13, 2014
JSC Gazprom Neft has completed testing its second well in Badra field in Iraq, with average flow rates of 10,000 b/d from three tests.

JSC Gazprom Neft has completed testing its second well in Badra field in Iraq, with average flow rates of 10,000 b/d from three tests.

An earlier well recorded a natural flow rate of 7,000 b/d (OGJ Online, Jan. 9, 2014).

Drilling is continuing on a third well, and six additional wells are planned. Construction is almost complete on the first phase of a central gathering station.

The company said commercial production from Badra should begin in the next few months (OGJ Online, Mar. 5, 2014). By 2017, production is forecast to reach 170,000 b/d.