PGNiG drills first horizontal well in Paproc field, Poland

Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) completed drilling and testing Paproc 66-H, the first horizontal well in Paproc gas field, Boruja Koscielna, Nowy Tomysl municipality.

The well was drilled under license 102/94 and was designed based on a digital model of the deposit. The initial development called for three wells, but only one horizontal well was drilled following digital oilfield system analysis. Total well length is 3,105 m, and well depth is 2,612 m. Expected annual production is about 45 million cu m of high-methane gas, about five times higher than average capacity of wells operated in the field.