Cairn to further appraise block in India
By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, June 15 -- Cairn Energy PLC will further appraise more than 2,884 sq km in the north and west of the Rajasthan Block under an 18-month extension of the exploration license approved by the Indian government.
The appraisal area includes Bhagyam oil field, where a 125-sq-km 3D seismic survey was due for completion in early June. Other areas include Shakti oil field, several structures awaiting appraisal, and intervening tracts of untested acreage.
A 320-sq-km seismic survey is planned between Bhagyam and Mangala oil fields. The N-I-2 well was drilled in the survey area to test the N-I structure.
The N-1-2 well encountered 21 m of net pay in high-quality Fatehgarh reservoirs.
The well flowed during a cased-hole test at a stabilized rate of 2,300 b/d of 24° gravity oil through a 48/64-in. choke.
Cairn and the Indian government are discussing extension of the southern area of the Rajasthan Block.