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OGJ Newsletter
… discovery on Block A Aceh in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The Matang-1 exploratory well has been drilled to 7,893 ft true vertical depth . It penetrated a gross gas column of at least 90 ft in the Oligo-Miocene Upper Bampo limestone formation, the …
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Illinois: Horizontal well eyed in dolomite below New Albany
… quarter of 2013. The company described the proposed well as to have a 4,300-ft horizontal leg at 4,500 ft true vertical depth and said it is acquiring seismic to help with geosteering. The dolomitic reservoir is interpreted to extend over …
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OGJ Newsletter
… Heno sandstones, and same formation as on the Ravn structure (OGJ Online, Dec. 18, 2009). The well went to a true vertical depth of 4,431 m below sea level in 52 m of water and produced oil and gas on a production test. Then the two sidetracks …
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Wintershall group proves Skarfjell oil find offshore Norway
… production test demonstrated reservoir deliverability, Wintershall said. The 35/9-8 well, drilled to 3,232 m true vertical depth below mean sea level in 368 m of water, found a 64-m hydrocarbon column in Intra Heather sandstone with gross …
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Parex Resources finds oil pay on two Llanos basin blocks
… Colombia’s Llanos basin. Wireline logs at the Las Maracas-8, drilled in a record 10 days, indicate 34 ft true vertical depth of net pay in the Mirador formation and 22 ft TVD in middle Gacheta. The well is being cased for completion from …
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Azerbaijan: Gum Deniz 3D seismic survey authorized
… Meanwhile Bahar, in which Greenfields owns a 33.33% interest, drilled Gum Deniz Well 715 on Platform 2 to 3,491 m true vertical depth , and initial analysis of open hole wireline logs indicates the well encountered 159 m of potential pay in 11 zones …
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Exporation/Development Briefs
… second quarter. The company described the proposed well as to have a 4,300-ft horizontal leg at 4,500 ft true vertical depth and said it is acquiring seismic to help with geosteering. The dolomitic reservoir is interpreted to extend over …
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BP has gas-condensate discovery west of Shetlands
… margin west of the Shetland Islands. BP spudded the 213/25c-1V well on Mar. 25, 2012, and went to 4,700 m true vertical depth . It encountered several reservoir objectives, the most significant of which was the North Uist prospect, said …
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Paramount tests Besa River shale gas in Liard basin
… River shale exploration in the Horn River basin ( OGJ Online, Aug. 20, 2012 ). The well was drilled to 3,400 m true vertical depth with a horizontal bore of 1,200 m and was completed with a 10-stage fracture stimulation in the Devonian Besa …
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New Zealand Energy swabs oil at Taranaki discovery
… averaging more than 20% over the last 3 days of swab testing. The well went to 2,380 m measured depth, 1,870 m true vertical depth , and found 18 m of net pay in the two Miocene Mount Messenger intervals.
