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Elevated gas readings in Oil Search’s Yemen well

OIL Search says the Nabrajah-11 well in Yemen has recorded more elevated gas readings but no oil ...

Elevated gas readings in Oil Search’s Yemen well

The company yesterday said following the completion earlier this week of electric logging over the Kohlan-Naifa Formation and Basement, Nabrajah-11 had been deepened in order to evaluate further the potential of the basement.

After drilling resumed, elevated gas shows (C1-C5) were recorded over the interval 2455m-2660m.

The well was now continuing through the basement section towards the planned total depth of 2877m. A testing program would be started once total depth was reached and electric logging completed.

Last week, Oil Search said Nabrajah-11 had recorded elevated gas readings over a 272m gross interval, with some oil staining, over part of the lower Kohlan-Naifa Formation.

Participants in the Nabrajah-11 well are operator DNO ASA (56.67%), Oil Search (Yemen) (28.33%) and The Yemen Company (15%), which is being carried through this phase of the program.

Oil Search also said the Arakubi-1 exploration well, which spudded early this month in licence PDL 2 in Papua New Guinea, was now at 1375m and drilling ahead.

Arakubi-1 is 5km east of the Kutubu oil field and is targeting the Toro Sandstone in a seismically defined hanging wall structure. Planned total depth is 2945m.

Participants in Arakubi-1 are Oil Search (70.24%), Australian Gas Light Company (13.93%), Merlin Petroleum (7.93%) and Petroleum Resources (Kutubu) (7.90%).

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