Results Announced From Second North Slope Nanushuk Test
Drilling Activity Details
AK
United States
Drilling Activity Summary
Description
IHS Markit reported that Oil Search Ltd. has penetrated the Nanushuk formation at a second North Slope exploratory test in Section 16-12n-6e in Umiat Meridian, Alaska. The #1 Pikka-C, has encountered the Nanushuk 3 reservoir facies. According to the Sydney-based company, it has shown good quality reservoir development and is now being changed from a vertical hole into a horizontal hole which will allow the company to perform flow-testing in the core reservoir area. The #1 Pikka-C was projected to a true vertical depth of 4,919 ft. A horizontal sidetrack off of that venture, #1 ST Pikka-C, will be drilled to a bottom-hole location in Section 8-12n-6e. True vertical depth of the lateral is anticipated at 4,175 ft. Within 10 miles to the south-southwest, Oil Search penetrated Nanushuk and hit hydrocarbons at the first exploratory test in the area, #1 Pikka-B in Section 35-11n-5e. The company announced that the well intersected the thickest Nanushuk reservoir seen on the field to date with more than 780 ft of core recovered.
IHS Markit reported that Oil Search Ltd. has penetrated the Nanushuk formation at a second North Slope exploratory test in Section 16-12n-6e in Umiat Meridian, Alaska. The #1 Pikka-C, has encountered the Nanushuk 3 reservoir facies. According to the Sydney-based company, it has shown good quality reservoir development and is now being changed from a vertical hole into a horizontal hole which will allow the company to perform flow-testing in the core reservoir area. The #1 Pikka-C was projected to a true vertical depth of 4,919 ft. A horizontal sidetrack off of that venture, #1 ST Pikka-C, will be drilled to a bottom-hole location in Section 8-12n-6e. True vertical depth of the lateral is anticipated at 4,175 ft. Within 10 miles to the south-southwest, Oil Search penetrated Nanushuk and hit hydrocarbons at the first exploratory test in the area, #1 Pikka-B in Section 35-11n-5e. The company announced that the well intersected the thickest Nanushuk reservoir seen on the field to date with more than 780 ft of core recovered.