Salamander spuds North Kendang-1 well

By Nellawati

London-listed Salamander Energy Plc announced Wednesday the spud of the North Kendang-1 exploration well in the South East Sangatta PSC.

Operator Salamander has a 75 percent interest in the PSC.

The North Kendang-1 well will be drilled to a depth of approximately 2,600 m total vertical depth sub-sea. The North Kendang-1 well is targeting gas and oil pay in a series of stacked Pliocene ? Upper Miocene sandstone reservoirs.

The combined mean pre-drill estimate of prospective recoverable resources is approximately 770 bcf and 91 mmb.

The well will be drilled by the Ocean General semi-submersible rig in a water depth of 465 meters. On completion of the North Kendang well the rig will return to the Bontang PSC to drill the Bedug prospect.

The Bedug location is 4 km east and 500 m up-dip of the recent South Kecapi oil and gas discovery.

Editing by Dadan Wijaksana