OIL testing gas strike in Andhra Pradesh

State-owned Oil India Ltd. is testing a second natural gas discovery on NELP VI Block KG-ONN-2004/1 in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Its Thanelanka-1 high-pressure, high-temperature well encountered multiple sands in the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Gollapalli formation and one zone in the Cretaceous Raghavapuram formation.

An HP-HT Gollapalli zone at 4,912-5,159 m flowed gas at the rate of 1,300 standard cu m/day through a 16/64-in. choke.

Last year on the block, OIL tested gas from four packages in Permian-Triassic Kummuguden sandstone in its Dangeru-1 discovery well.

Drilled to 3,719 m, the well has been suspended due to fish in the hole during production testing.