Oil Search: 25 M Of Net Gas Pay In Toro, Hedinia Reservoir In Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea
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Oil Search Ltd. reported that it hit 25 m of net gas pay within the Toro and Hedinia reservoir at #3-Barikewa in Papua New Guinea’s onshore Forelands region, According to the Sydney-based company, the appraisal well successfully intersected a gas-water contact in Hedinia. A drillstem test was performed in Toro at 1,729-43 m and flowed 35 MMcf of gas to the surface during testing on a 68/64-in. choke. Onsite analysis of the gas from the drillstem test and earlier wireline sampling confirms dry gas with approximately 20% nitrogen and very low levels of other impurities. The well is in permit area PRL9 and was drilled to 1,943 m. It will be plugged and abandoned after testing is complete. Participants in the well are Oil Search, 45.1%, Barracuda, 40.0%, and NPCP Oil Co., 14.9%.
Oil Search Ltd. reported that it hit 25 m of net gas pay within the Toro and Hedinia reservoir at #3-Barikewa in Papua New Guinea’s onshore Forelands region, According to the Sydney-based company, the appraisal well successfully intersected a gas-water contact in Hedinia. A drillstem test was performed in Toro at 1,729-43 m and flowed 35 MMcf of gas to the surface during testing on a 68/64-in. choke. Onsite analysis of the gas from the drillstem test and earlier wireline sampling confirms dry gas with approximately 20% nitrogen and very low levels of other impurities. The well is in permit area PRL9 and was drilled to 1,943 m. It will be plugged and abandoned after testing is complete. Participants in the well are Oil Search, 45.1%, Barracuda, 40.0%, and NPCP Oil Co., 14.9%.