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well 2-ANP-2A-RJS. A formation test is expected in the oil-bearing zone to verify its characteristics and the reservoir productivity.
Aussie rules Meanwhile, in Australian news, a four well exploration and appraisal campaign is currently underway, targeting gas and gas liquids in the Patchawarra Formation and Tirrawarra Sandstone. Canunda-2, the first well in the programme, was cased and suspended in October 2014. Maupertuis-1, the second well in the programme, was spudded in November 2014 with oil fluorescence and moderate gas shows in the Tirrawarra Sandstone detected during drilling. Te well was cased and suspended, with Beach Energy electing not to participate. Antechamber-1 is the next well in the programme. In other Aussie news, the Swan Lake- 11 appraisal well (Beach 20.21%, Santos 66.6% and operator, Origin 13.19%) was drilled in the north-east sector of the field and confirmed gas pay in the Toolachee, Epsilon and Patchawarra Formations and Tirrawarra Sandstone. It was subsequently cased and suspended. As a result, the field limit was extended and the results of this well have de-risked planned future development drilling.
PGS, meanwhile, has announced the commencement of the Springboard MC3D programme in the Ceduna sub-Basin offshore South Australia. Te Springboard MC3D is being acquired by the Ramform Sovereign, a seismic vessel using PGS’s GeoStreamer technology. Te capabilities of GeoStreamer
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technology will enhance hydrocarbon exploration efforts by giving greater confidence in subsurface imaging, improved prospect definition and identification as well as better geological modelling with less reliance on sparse well data.
Te programme will see some 8,000sq
km of GeoStreamer data acquired in this area. It is expected drilling will commence in 2016/2017. South Australia is also seeing more exploration news from the Arckaringa Basin. Singapore-listed Linc Energy has reported that hydrocarbon shows have been detected in the Stuart Range Formation at the Pata 1 exploration well, the first of three wells in this year’s exploration programme in the Arckaringa Basin in South Australia. Te Stuart Range Formation, which was the first of the three formations targeted in this well, was intersected at 3,408ft (1,039m) and has been interpreted to be 470ft (143m) thick.
Abandonment issues In less positive news, Rocksource was left disappointed with efforts in the Norwegian Sea. Te company said it encountered thick, well-developed basin floor fan sand with a gas-accumulation at the top in the Kvitnos target in the PL 528 Ivory exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. In the deeper Lysing target, the
well penetrated a poorer than expected water-bearing sand. It is not possible to determine if the gas discovery is economically recoverable. l
over its involvement in Ukraine are jeopardising Rosneft’s plans to explore Russia’s Arctic waters with western companies, such as Exxon, after the two made a 1billion- barrel discovery in the Kara Sea in September 2014.
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AE-based global marine solutions BP Egypt has announced that it has been awarded two new exploration blocks as a result of the 2013 EGAS bid round. BP and its partners have committed to invest a total of US$240 million in the blocks over different phases. Block 3, North El Mataria, is BP’s first entry into
the Onshore Nile Delta. Te block is located in the northeastern part of the Nile Delta cone, approximately 57km to the west of Port Said city. BP will operate the block with 50% equity and Dana Gas of Abu Dhabi will hold the remaining 50% working interest.
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Block 8, Karawan Offshore, is located in the
Mediterranean Sea, in the northeastern part of Egypt’s economic waters. Te block lies at approximately 220km to the NE and 170km to the NW of Alexandria and Port Said cities respectively. BP will have 50% equity and the block will be operated by ENI which holds the remaining 50%. Te programme will include 3D seismic and three exploration wells in each of the onshore and offshore blocks in phases over six to eight years. the most well known name in the UK market thus far. l
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