DPE makes deep gas discovery offshore Dubai

Oct. 14, 2014
Dubai Petroleum Establishment (DPE) reported that its T-02 deep gas exploration well has identified largely natural gas with no hydrogen sulfide content in the Pre Khuff formation in the Fateh field offshore Dubai. Drilled to 18,248 ft, T-02 is the deepest well in Dubai to date, DPE said.

Dubai Petroleum Establishment (DPE) reported that its T-02 deep gas exploration well has identified largely natural gas with no hydrogen sulfide content in the Pre Khuff formation in the Fateh field offshore Dubai. Drilled to 18,248 ft, T-02 is the deepest well in Dubai to date, DPE said.

Logs from a 900-ft section drilled through the Pre Khuff showed some 390 ft of gas-rich zones. The well is now being suspended for later stimulation and long-term production testing, DPE said.

In 1981, the T-01 well was drilled to 17,397 ft in the Khuff formation. High levels of H2S and nitrogen proved the well to be noncommercial at the time. DPE expects to have test results for the T-01 in late summer 2015, the company said.