Shell Announces Results From Onshore Albania Appraisal Well
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Results from an onshore Albania appraisal well were announced by Houston-based Shell Oil Co. The venture, #4-Shpirag, is in Block 4, and it was reported flowing light oil. A production test is planned and commercially recoverable volumes of oil are still to be determined through further appraisal activity. The well was drilled to 6,101 m and another appraisal well is planned at #3-Shpirag. A previous test at #2-Shpirag hit a light oil column of 800 m. According to the company, it is producing from a fractured carbonate reservoir in an equivalent geological setting to the Val D’Agri and Tempa Rossa fields in Italy. Shell is the operator of Albania’s blocks 2-3 and 4 with 100% interest.
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Results from an onshore Albania appraisal well were announced by Houston-based Shell Oil Co. The venture, #4-Shpirag, is in Block 4, and it was reported flowing light oil. A production test is planned and commercially recoverable volumes of oil are still to be determined through further appraisal activity. The well was drilled to 6,101 m and another appraisal well is planned at #3-Shpirag. A previous test at #2-Shpirag hit a light oil column of 800 m. According to the company, it is producing from a fractured carbonate reservoir in an equivalent geological setting to the Val D’Agri and Tempa Rossa fields in Italy. Shell is the operator of Albania’s blocks 2-3 and 4 with 100% interest.