DNO tests Jurassic oil at Peshkabir in Iraqi Kurdistan

DNO International ASA said a well test at the Peshkabir-1 well on the Tawke PSC in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has confirmed the presence of movable oil in the Jurassic interval. Testing continued.

Alan Petzet

June 11, 2012

DNO International ASA said a well test at the Peshkabir-1 well on the Tawke PSC in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has confirmed the presence of movable oil in the Jurassic interval. Testing continued.

Previous tests in the Peshkabir-1 well produced water at two Triassic intervals and one of three Cretaceous intervals. Following the Jurassic test, the company is considering two additional tests in the Cretaceous (OGJ Online, Apr. 12, 2012).

Peshkabir is west-southwest of DNO International’s producing Tawke oil field (see map, OGJ, Feb. 6, 2012, p. 50). TD is 4,092 m.

About the Author

Alan Petzet

Chief Editor Exploration

Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.

Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.