Great Auk well in Timor Sea has 6-7 m. hydrocarbon column
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Beijing-based Sinopec and partner AED Oil of Melbourne have hit a 6- to 7-meter hydrocarbon column at #1-Great Auk exploration well in the Timor Sea, offshore Australia. Additional testing with well logs is being conducted and the company is drilling toward the remaining exploration targets identified for this well, Vulcan and Plover sands. Teh #1-Great Auk is in Puffin Field about 10 kilometers south of the #9-Puffin oil discovery and 16 kilometers west of Skua oil field. The #1-Great Auk is the first of a possible two-well program: a second well will be an appraisal drilled updip of #9-Puffin.
Description
Beijing-based Sinopec and partner AED Oil of Melbourne have hit a 6- to 7-meter hydrocarbon column at #1-Great Auk exploration well in the Timor Sea, offshore Australia. Additional testing with well logs is being conducted and the company is drilling toward the remaining exploration targets identified for this well, Vulcan and Plover sands. Teh #1-Great Auk is in Puffin Field about 10 kilometers south of the #9-Puffin oil discovery and 16 kilometers west of Skua oil field. The #1-Great Auk is the first of a possible two-well program: a second well will be an appraisal drilled updip of #9-Puffin.