EXPLORATION

Wildcat well strikes unexpected volcanics

KINA Petroleum's wildcat Raintree-1, the first well to be drilled in northern Papua New Guinea for two decades, has hit an unexpected snag.

Haydn Black

Wildcat well strikes unexpected volcanics

The well was targeting an interpreted carbonate reef structure with a reservoir at the edge of the underexplored Ramu Basin; however, with drilling at 1088m, the well passed into a volcanic lithology instead....

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