Anzon Energy plans sidetrack well for West Kruh-3

Australian oil firm Anzon Energy Limited is preparing a sidetrack well for the West Kruh-3 appraisal well in Kruh TAC onshore South Sumatra, as the previous drilling failed to encounter commercially significant hydrocarbons.

Anzon said Friday that the sidetrack well will be directed towards a structurally higher location where the Benakat Sandstone reservoirs productive in West Kruh-2A are more likely to be present within structural closure.

The West Kruh-3 well is located 0.5 km east-southeast from the West Kruh-2A well where Anzon discovered a new oil accumulation in December 2005. The well was drilled as planned to a total depth of 5,390 feet.

Anzon said the West Kruh-3 well has been plugged back in preparation for drilling the sidetrack well.

?In the event that the sidetrack is successful, the well will be completed as an oil producer,? Anzon added.

Anzon holds 90 percent interest in PT Binatek Reka Kruh, the operator of the Kruh TAC. The 258 sq km block is currently producing approximately 75 barrels of oil per day from the North Kruh field. (Robert)