Chevron completes record setting production test on Jack
Offshore staff
SAN RAMON, California -- Chevron completed a record setting production test on the Jack No. 2 well on Walker Ridge block 758 in the Gulf of Mexico.
The well was completed and tested in 7,000 ft of water, and more than 20,000 ft below the sea floor, breaking Chevron's 2004 Tahiti well test record as the deepest successful well test in the Gulf of Mexico. The Jack No. 2 well was drilled to a total depth of 28,175 ft.
The test was conducted during the second quarter and was designed to evaluate a portion of the reservoir's total pay interval.
During the test, the well sustained a flow rate of more that 6,000 b/d of oil with the test representing approximately 40% of the total net pay measured in the Jack No. 2 well. Chevron and its co-owners plan to drill an additional appraisal well in 2007.
According to Chevron, more than a half-dozen world records were set for test equipment pressure, depth, and duration in deepwater during the Jack well test.
For example, the perforating guns were fired at world record depths and pressures. Additionally, the test tree and other drill stem test tools set world records, helping Chevron and co-owners conduct the deepest extended drill stem test in deepwater GoM history.
Chevron discovered Jack in September 2004. It is located approximately 175 mi offshore. Chevron is the operator with a 50% working interest; Devon and Statoil each hold a 25% working interest.
09/05/06