Minor Gas Shows at Kidukidu Well in Gulf of Papua

Minor Gas Shows at Kidukidu Well in Gulf of Papua

Oil Search reports that as at 06:00 hours Papua New Guinea time on Thursday, August 29, the Kidukidu 1 well was at a total depth of 2,697 metres and preparations were underway to pull out of the hole and run wireline logs.

During the week, 9-s/s” casing was set and 477 metres of 8-1/2″ hole was drilled. Minor gas shows were encountered within two sand intervals, of 51 metres and 20 metres gross thickness respectively, which will be evaluated further with the logging programme. The Kidukidu prospect, which lies 268 kilometres west-northwest of Port Moresby, is in a water depth of 98 metres. The primary objective is a submarine, basin-slope fan sandstone of Pleistocene age. Kidukidu 1 is the third and final well to be drilled in the current Oil Search offshore Gulf of Papua campaign.

The well is being drilled by the semi-submersible rig, Stena Clyde, which started drilling at the location on 3 August 2013. The well is located offshore PNG in PPL 385 in the Gulf of Papua.

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August 30, 2013