Oil Search completes Taza 2 drilling in Kurdistan and prepares well testing

Submitted by Paddy Harris on Thu, 2014-07-24 09:19

24th July 2014

Oil Search has announced that the Taza 2 well was at a total depth of 4,200 metres in a 6-1/8” hole yesterday and have seen encouraging signs of hydrocarbon presence

Oil Search completes Taza 2 drilling in Kurdistan and prepares well testing

Taza 2 is located 10 kilometres north-west of Taza 1 and is designed to appraise the hydrocarbon-bearing intervals discovered by Taza 1

During the week, having seen encouraging hydrocarbon shows towards the base of the previously drilled section, a further 102 metres was drilled to the final total depth of 4,200 metres.

Wireline logs are currently being acquired over the new section of hole and preparations are underway for a comprehensive testing programme, likely to comprise drill stem tests over up to five intervals.

Taza 2 is located 10 kilometres north-west of Taza 1 and is designed to appraise the hydrocarbon-bearing intervals discovered by Taza 1 (Jeribe/Dhiban and Euphrates/Kirkuk Formations), as well as explore deeper Tertiary and Cretaceous targets including the Shiranish Formation.