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.”