Gujarat State Petroleum Corp. Ltd. has spudded the DDE-A-2 appraisal well in 99 m of water on the KG-OSN-2001/3 block on the Krishna-Godavari basin shelf off India.
The well, the 18th on the block, is the third appraisal well in the Deen Dayal East area of the block. Target depth is 5,300 m true vertical depth to appraise Lower Cretaceous early rift fill sands shown to be hydrocarbon bearing by the KG 16 discovery well, said 10% interest owner Jubilant Energy NV.
The last 13 wells flowed gas-condensate. Of the 13, four were drilled in Deen Dayal West, three in Deen Dayal East (including two appraisal wells), two in Deen Dayal North, two in Deen Dayal North East-BRU, and two in Deen Dayal Downthrown.
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.
