Salamander makes a discovery in North Kutei
Monday, May 20 2013 - 08:23 AM WIB
UK-based oil, gas firm Salamander Energy said that its exploration campaign in North Kutei field has resulted in a new discovery in South Kecapi well, which flowed at 6,000 BOPD on test.
The company said in a press statement on Monday that after the South Kecapi well, its exploration has continued in the North Kendang exploration well. Now on Bedug-1, it is also conducting a drilling operation.
It said that drillings of the North Kutei wells encountered unexpectedly high pressures. It was particularly so in the North Kendang prospect, so that it had to suspend it.
?Having completed an extensive sub-surface and operational review of the North Kendang-1 well, we have concluded that there is a significant risk of not achieving our objective of testing the prospect fully and safely, without the use of specialist Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) equipment,? the company said in its statement.
The time taken to import MPD equipment into Indonesia precludes an immediate return to North Kendang using the current rig. ?We remain encouraged by the initial results from the well and are currently exploring options to continue the program as soon as possible,? it stated.
It added that the current campaign has yielded a large amount of new information about the petroleum system in the North Kutei basin. Updating and refining the regional geological model with drilling results will be invaluable in further high-grading the large number of prospects and leads identified across the acreage.
Further south in the offshore Kutei basin, the Group will be participating in the Tayum-1 exploration well which is due to spud shortly. The well is targeting 50 Bcf in a prospect adjacent to the Dambus discovery.
Editing by Benget Besalicto Tnb