Iraq Taq Taq well tested at high oil rates

The fourth appraisal-development well in Taq Taq field in northern Iraq's Kurdistan area flowed 48° gravity oil at a combined rate of 37,560 b/d from three reservoirs, said Addax Petroleum.

Sept. 6, 2007

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By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 6 -- The fourth appraisal-development well in Taq Taq field in northern Iraq's Kurdistan area flowed 48° gravity oil at a combined rate of 37,560 b/d from three reservoirs, said Addax Petroleum Corp., Calgary.

The TT-7 well made 10,240 b/d from a 232-m barefoot interval in Shiranish, 10,250 b/d from a 111-m interval in Kometan, and 17,070 b/d from a 53-m interval in Qamchuqa, said Taq Taq Operating Co., a joint venture of Addax and Genel Enerji AS of Turkey. The flows were on 128/64-in., 76/64-in., and 128/64-in. chokes, respectively.

TT-7 is 2.9 km southeast of TT-4, which was on the crest of the structure. TD is 2,187 m. The companies are drilling the fifth and sixth wells in the program and have started shooting 290 sq km of 3D seismic over the field.

This is the highest rate of any Taq Taq well to date and will contribute to the Kurdistan regional government's goal of producing 1 million b/d of oil within 5 years, said Ashti Hawrami, minister of natural resources.

Addax said recent constructive efforts of the Kurdistan region and Iraq could result in a legal framework that will enable the corporation to begin full field development in 2008.