Fortune tests Liulin Block's CBM potential

Fortune Oil plans to frac a coal seam confirmed in two appraisal wells on Liulin Block in China's Shanxi province and will test its potential for coalbed methane production.

Jan. 22, 2007

Uchenna Izundu
International Editor

LONDON, Jan. 22 -- Fortune Oil PLC plans to frac a coal seam confirmed in two appraisal wells on Liulin Block in China's Shanxi province and will test its potential for coalbed methane production.

Fortune found 19 m of coal seams in its appraisal wells. EP2 was drilled to 1,166 m TD, and EP1 was drilled to 615 m in the north-central portion of the block.

"The target seam for CBM production, the adjoining seams 8/9, has a large thickness of 7.4 m at EP2 and 5.4 m at EP1, which indicates that this target seam could have a significant production potential," Fortune said.

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