Valeura Energy drills, logs Turkey appraisal well

Jan. 28, 2019
Valeura Energy Inc., Calgary, has completed drilling and logging an appraisal well in the Thrace basin in northwestern Turkey. The Inanli-1 well, which was spudded in October 2018 and drilled to a total depth of 4,885 m, reached an objective section at 3,270-4,885 m (1,615-m gross column) of high net-to-gross sandstone that is interpreted to contain over-pressured natural gas.

Valeura Energy Inc., Calgary, has completed drilling and logging an appraisal well in the Thrace basin in northwestern Turkey.

The Inanli-1 well, which was spudded in October 2018 and drilled to a total depth of 4,885 m, reached an objective section at 3,270-4,885 m (1,615-m gross column) of high net-to-gross sandstone that is interpreted to contain over-pressured natural gas (OGJ Online, Oct. 9, 2018).

Based on drilling and wireline logging data, Inanli-1 encountered the top of the primary objective sands at 3,270 m at the base of the Mezardere formation, after which high net-to-gross sandstone was present almost continuously down to TD within the Kesan formation.

The company said that more natural fracturing was encountered than in the Yamalik-1 well, including four stand-out intervals.

The well is being cased and will be left in a state ready for completion, hydraulic fracturing, and production testing. Completion operations are planned to begin at the end of this year’s first quarter.

The KCA Deutag T-700 drilling rig will be released from the location in the coming days and will begin relocating to the next appraisal well location: Devepinar-1.

Sean Guest, president and chief executive officer, said, “We are encouraged by the results and look forward to now drilling Devepinar-1, 20 km west, to prove that the play is pervasive across the basin.”