Two Texas operators have gauged a large oil discovery on the Sarsang block north of Dohuk on the Zagros fold belt in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The Swara Tika-1 discovery well went to a total depth of 12,500 ft and encountered 1,500 ft of gross oil column. Flow rates were established from three zones totaling more than 7,000 b/d of light oil plus associated gas. Tubing size and test equipment capacity limited the flow rates.
Hillwood International Energy, a private Dallas independent, operates the 340,000-acre Sarsang block, which is adjacent to the license that contains the Tawke oil field discovery (OGJ Online, July 27, 2011). Marathon Oil Corp. has 25% interest in Sarsang.
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.